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wheens

wheens is the plural of wheen.

Meaning of wheen

Noun

wheen (plural wheens)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A little; a small number.
  2. (Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK, dialectal) A quantity; a goodly number.
    • I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...

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Proper noun capitalized: Wheens

Wheens

  1. (plural) plural of Wheen

Questions about wheens

What is wheens the plural of?
Wheens is the plural of wheen.
What part of speech is wheens?
Wheens is a proper noun.

Words near wheens in the dictionary

  1. wheelwrighting
  2. wheelwrights
  3. wheely
  4. wheelying
  5. wheen
  6. wheens
  7. Wheeny Creek
  8. Wheeo
  9. wheeple
  10. wheepled
  11. wheeples

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