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wheen definition

wheen (hwēn, wēn)

noun

Scot., North Eng. a few or, sometimes, a considerable number

Etymology: ME qwheyn(e) < OE hwæne, instrumental case of hwōn, (a) few

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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