Origin:
1325–75; Middle English (north) quheyn, Old English hwēne, instrumental case of hwōn few, a few
1325–75; Middle English (north) quheyn, Old English hwēne, instrumental case of hwōn few, a few
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| —determiner | |
| 1. | few; some |
| 2. | ( |
| a. a small number of | |
| b. a good number of | |
| c. (as pronoun; functioning as plural): a wheen of years | |
| [Old English hwēne, instrumental of hwōn few, a few] | |
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