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eddy

/ˈɛd.i/ noun C2
  1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  2. A circular current; a whirlpool.

Plural eddies

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Jane and Josie both answered at once and the chatter drifted into a side eddy of fashions.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 302 · C1

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