See whinge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1992, Sky Phillips, Secret mission to Melbourne, November, 1941, page 45:",
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"ref": "1993, Michael Fisher, The Nightmare Man, page 169:",
"text": "His wife will winge her bloody head off, but Nev will come good.",
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"ref": "2002, Diana Wynne Jones, A Tale of Time City, page 41:",
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