Wheen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʍiːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wheen is a noun meaning (UK dialectal) A little; a small number.
Meaning
(UK dialectal) A little; a small number.
More Meanings
- (UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Mid-Ulster) A quantity; a goodly number.
Example Sentences
I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs.
She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; and there was routh of fowls and doos about the small steading, forbye a wheen sheep and milk-kye in the fields.
Word Forms
- wheens
- whean
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mair, whiffle, lick, skosh, whelpling, whisker.
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