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whim

/wɪm/ noun C2
  1. A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.

Plural whims

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That was Matthew’s way--take a whim into his head and cling to it with the most amazing silent persistency--a persistency ten times more potent and effectual in its very silence than if he had talked it out.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 42 · C1
What if she, Marilla, should indulge Matthew’s unaccountable whim and let her stay?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 53 · C1
Clearly they reflected the thoughts which possessed him, but whether the music aided those thoughts, or whether the playing was simply the result of a whim or fancy was more than I could determine.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 15 · B2
“A woman’s whim, Dr.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 90 · C1

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