wheen
Americanadjective
noun
determiner
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few; some
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(preceded by a)
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a small number of
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a good number of
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( as pronoun; functioning as plural )
a wheen of years
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Etymology
Origin of wheen
1325–75; Middle English (north) quheyn, Old English hwēne, instrumental case of hwōn few, a few
Example Sentences
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Dr Chris Robinson, director of the Scots Language Dictionaries project, is unsure how it's possible to debate the referendum without it: "How can anyone discuss politics without a wheen o' blethers?"
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2014
Ou, it was nae great things after a', to mak a wark aboot; but, ye see, there war a wheen unco godly ministers there at the time, an' they made an awfu ado aboot it.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
A wheen o’ minutes ant neyther hyur nor thur, in a matter o’ the kind.
From The Yellow Chief by Mayne Reid
She’s daft about that long, false, fleeching beggar of a father of hers, and red-mad about the Gregara, and proscribed names, and King James, and a wheen blethers.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
There be a good wheen o’ them about.”
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
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