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Wheedle v. t. (past & past part. wheedled; pres. part. wheedling)

To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax. "The unlucky art of wheedling fools." "And wheedle a world that loves him not."

To grain, or get away, by flattery. "A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her."

Wheedle v. i. To flatter; to coax; to cajole.

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"Wheedle" Quotes from Famous Books

... nine-carat gold, let us say at the least—but assuredly a soul of tape. And he that has fetched and carried will explain how it has fared with him in his dealings, and if he has brought the wrong sort of sugar or thread he will wheedle away the displeasure from that leaden face as a pastrycook girl will drive bluebottles off a stale bun. And that man has known what it was to coax the fret of a thoroughbred, to soothe its toss and sweat as it danced beneath him in the glee and chafe of its pulses ...

— Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches • Saki (H.H. Munro)

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... "Mary" had gone, then shook his head and sighed. The grocer proceeded to wheedle more news out of ...

— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen

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... needed for carrying on their work. By unavowed ways they secured a strong support among the members of the National House of Representatives and the Senate. They disguised themselves as pacifists, and they found it easy to wheedle the "lunatic fringe" of native pacifists into working for the domination of William of Hohenzollern over the United States, and for the establishing of his world dominion. The Kaiser's propagandists spread evil arguments to justify all ...

— Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography, • William Roscoe Thayer

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... Ha! who comes yonder? The Eton chap who wheedled me into lending him my best hunter last year, and was the ruination of him; but that must be paid for, wheedle or no wheedle; and, for the matter of wheedling, I'd stake this here Mr. Wheeler, that is making up to me, do you see, against e'er a boy, or hobbledehoy, in all Eton, London, or Christendom, let the other ...

— The Parent's Assistant • Maria Edgeworth

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... the boy's proud bearing appealed to the man. It had not dawned on him until now that the lad actually considered the proposal a strictly business one. He had thought that he came to wheedle and beg, and Mr. Carter detested having favors asked of him. Calling Paul back, he motioned ...

— Paul and the Printing Press • Sara Ware Bassett

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