Definition of "whizzer" [whizzer]

• A centrifugal machine used for drying sugar, grain, clothes, etc. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The instrument designated above as the whizzer is a thin, flat, pointed piece of wood, painted black and sparkling with the specular iron ore which is sprinkled on the surface; three small pieces of turquoise are inlaid in the wood to represent eyes and mouth."
• "Yesterday Wally and I loaded up our Renault with the motor mower whizzer, spades, forks, rakes, brooms, and drove to five Rose Hill Road."
• "I'm sure there's a word in German -- they are a whizzer with those kicky compound nouns -- but none in English for that precise combination."