How to use wheen in a sentence
I'm saying—my lads—will ye gie ower this weary warrk a wee whilee and sheer a wheen sheep to me?
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeI've written books myself, and who reads them but a wheen of graybeards, and they drowsing by the fire?
The Wind Bloweth | Brian Oswald Donn-ByrneA similar tendency is in the sound of whine, which in Munster is always made wheen: 'What's that poor child wheening for?'
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. Joycewheen; a small number, a small quantity:—'I was working for a wheen o' days': 'I'll eat a wheen of these gooseberries.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceWeel, sir, there's a guid wheen veesitors in Inverness the noo: so sit whaur ye can see yer umbrella!
Mr. Punch On Tour | Various
British Dictionary definitions for wheen
/ (wiːn, Scottish hwiːn) /
few; some
(preceded by a)
a small number of
a good number of
(as pronoun; functioning as plural): a wheen of years
Origin of wheen
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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