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wae

American  
[way] / weɪ /

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. woe.


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At Joy, also in Maryland, executive pastry chef Genesis Flores has put ube soft serve on the menu, coupled with salted peanut caramel, lemon-ginger syrup, honeycomb toffee, bee pollen and wae pieces.

From Salon ● May 16, 2024

Far from being the work of drunken printers, this is Britain's Initial Teaching Alphabet ?a nue wae too lern too reed and riet that Education Minister Sir Edward Boyle last month pronounced "a remarkable success."

From Time Magazine Archive

He need only answer in the negative, and there wae no harm done.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford

Bonny, sir, as ony that ever walked the High Street or the Canongate; and the mair wae, sir.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton

Dule and wae for the order sent our lads to the Border!

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull

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