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A pinwheel is a simple child's toy made of a wheel of paper or plastic curls attached at its axle to a stick by a pin. It is designed to spin when blown upon by a person or by the wind. It is a predecessor to more complex whirligigs.
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During the nineteenth century in America, any wind-driven toy held aloft by a running child was characterized as a whirligig including pinwheels. Pinwheels provided many children with almost endless hours of enjoyment and amusement.[1]
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