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 Whistle Down the Wind (To).White 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Whistle for the Wind.
 
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“What gales are sold on Lapland’s shore!
How whistle rash bids tempests roar!”
       
Sir Walter Scott: Rokeby, ii. 11.
 


 Whistle Down the Wind (To).White 

 
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