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Whittington (iou)



Whittington noun. E20.
[Sir Richard Whittington (d. 1423), merchant and Mayor of London.]
Used attrib. to designate a pattern of eight chimes (traditionally supposed to have been heard by Whittington in London), used in some chiming clocks.