whenwe

British

/ ˈwɛnwiː /

noun

informal a White immigrant from Zimbabwe, caricatured as being tiresomely over-reminiscent of happier times

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Etymology

Origin of whenwe

C20: from _when + _we

Example Sentences

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For whenwe perceive certain ideas of sense constantly followed by other ideas, and we know that it is not of our own doing, we forthwith attribute power and agency to the ideas themselves, and make one the cause of another, than which nothing can be more absurd.

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