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   wisp

   /wɪsp/

   noun

   • 1. a small thin or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something: "wisps of smoke rose into the air"
   • ▪ a small bunch of hay or straw used for drying or grooming a horse.
   • ▪ a small, thin person, typically a child: "a fourteen-year-old wisp of a girl"
   • 2. a flock of snipe: rare "a wisp of snipe utter their well-known cry"

   Word Origin Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps related to whisk.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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