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wheen
/ wiːn; hwiːn /
determiner
- few; some
- preceded by a
- a small number of
- a good number of
- ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
a wheen of years
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Origin of wheen1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wheen1
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Example Sentences
I'm saying—my lads—will ye gie ower this weary warrk a wee whilee and sheer a wheen sheep to me?
I've written books myself, and who reads them but a wheen of graybeards, and they drowsing by the fire?
A similar tendency is in the sound of whine, which in Munster is always made wheen: 'What's that poor child wheening for?'
Wheen; a small number, a small quantity:—'I was working for a wheen o' days': 'I'll eat a wheen of these gooseberries.'
Weel, sir, there's a guid wheen veesitors in Inverness the noo: so sit whaur ye can see yer umbrella!
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