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Meanings of whistling for in English

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Usage of whistling for in English
1
Such attacks were as idle as whistling for rain on the house-tops.
Modern Painting
2
He set about his work, whistling for the first time since morning.
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
3
For my part, I prefer fighting for glory to whistling for money.
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica
4
Why do I answer yours? said the man, whistling for his dog.
House of Bathory
5
The young prince moved away quickly, already whistling for his sub-officers.
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
6
They had reached the station and the east-bound train was whistling for Gaston.
The Grafters
7
It was barely daylight when Ayla left, riding Whinney and whistling for Wolf.
The Land of Painted Caves
8
She gathered everything up and headed outside, whistling for Whinney and Racer to follow.
The Mammoth Hunters
9
The hotel seemed unchanged, even the red-coated doorman whistling for a cab seemed familiar.
Honor thy father
10
Maulevrier left his grandmother soon after this, and went downstairs, whistling for very joyousness.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
11
They'd been whistling for a while but mostly there had been quiet, frustrated resignation.
The Guardian
12
It was "Bell-Wether." A tune shepherds have been whistling for ten thousand years.
The Wise Man’s Fear
13
Then whistling for Wolf, she started back upstream; she was in a hurry to return.
The Land of Painted Caves
14
Now, as to whistling for the wind, let me give you my theory about it.
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
15
One square was less quiet than others, because somebody was steadily whistling for a taxi.
And Even Now
16
Can't have you whistling for a pilot, and I'd sooner you put out your lights.
The Buccaneer Farmer / Published in England under the Title "Ask...
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