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Meanings of whistle stop in English
A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
Synonyms
Examples for "stopover"
Examples for "stopover"
1
I said, sure, come for a visit on your stopover to Kigali.
2
After a brief stopover he boarded a plane to London, officials said.
3
Other U.S.-based flights will likely have a short stopover on Grand Cayman.
4
The usual stopover point between Paris and Papeete had been Los Angeles.
5
The five-day stopover put Australian military forces in Darwin on high alert.
1
When we were flying to America, we'd had a layover in Amsterdam.
2
Worthy of several visits, indeed our next will warrant a layover in Negril.
3
The layover in Germany had lasted a little longer than intended.
4
They had a long layover for about five or six hours.
5
Apparently it's a layover, because no flight plan has been filed beyond that.
1
Two hours later the crate was unloaded at a waystation.
2
Or squadrons of Aquilas could broadcast straight to phones without a waystation in the middle.
3
To hide these details, most services act as a kind of Web waystation between browsers and sites.
4
Brief note, mailed at a waystation-
5
The biggest is the $1.4 billion Colombo Port City project, a symbol of China's influence and a waystation on its most important trade route.
1
Belgium has proven to staging post for the Paris terror attacks.
2
It is thought the islands may have been a staging post for traders.
3
The lobby had been turned into a staging post for the forensics techs.
4
Hall said of the new iPlayer: It's a staging post.
5
In cultural terms, it may mark a significant staging post.
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It had already left the way station before Richard and Katie returned.
2
He knew who I meant; Walter had also stopped at the way station.
3
We have to change the way station captains and sheriffs operate.
4
The lights of the way station behind them were becoming faint.
5
Why hadn't they removed the pump when the way station had been abandoned?
1
Harvick led until the final green- flag stop of the day with just over 50 laps to go.
2
Harvick also struggled with a broken shifter handle that he threw out his window during his green- flag stop.
3
But Busch regained control of the top spot and led Jones to pit road for a two-tire green- flag stop on Lap 177.
4
Logano made his green- flag stop two laps before Harvick, and after the cycle was completed, his deficit to Harvick was down to two seconds.
5
The flag stopped mid-way and dropped motionless in the still spring morning.
Usage of whistle stop in English
1
Diane, looks like Teresa Banks last worked at a roadhouse about ten miles outside of town at a whistle stop called Cross River.
2
Derek Scally takes a notional whistle stop tour of the new member states to see what each will be up to on May 1st.
3
I spent more than a week tailing the third-in-line to the British throne on a whistle stop tour of Belize, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Brazil.
4
Obama will make an "anchor speech" outlining the U.S. vision for the Asia-Pacific to the Australian parliament on Thursday before a whistle stop in Darwin.
5
Slowly, they picked their way forward until a low whistle stopped them.
6
He had been making for it when his officer's whistle stopped him.
7
The key clicked in the lock, and then the whistle stopped as Mac entered.
8
While we were there, the population of the Whistle Stop day-care center showed up.
9
The Glacier Discovery train to Spencer Whistle stop is an easy and fascinating day trip from Anchorage.
10
But when he was out of hearing, the whistle stopped, and he put spurs to the horse.
11
Long, low whistle stops her, then club raps.)
12
A shrill whistle stopped me.
13
The whistle stopped short-Well ,Mousie
14
The two friends open The Whistle Stop Cafe with the help of their cook, Sipsey, and her son, Big George.
15
The whistle stopped again.
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Fanny Flagg is better known for Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and Welcome to the World Baby Girl.