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wheen

[ hween, ween ]

adjective

  1. few.


noun

  1. a few persons or things.

wheen

/ wiËn; hwiËn /

determiner

  1. few; some
  2. preceded by a
    1. a small number of
    2. a good number of
    3. ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )

      a wheen of years

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wheen1

1325–75; Middle English (north) quheyn, Old English ³ó·Éŧ²Ô±ð, instrumental case of ³ó·ÉÅ²Ô few, a few
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wheen1

Old English ³ó·Éŧ²Ô±ð, instrumental of ³ó·ÉÅ²Ô few, a few
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Example Sentences

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The writer Francis Wheen has described the period as "the golden age of British paranoia".

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That is why the duo has commissioned Francis Wheen, from Private Eye, the satirical British news publication, to write a humorous column called This Week in Brexit.

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As Marx's biographer Francis Wheen has pointed out, it reads at times like a Gothic novel "whose heroes are enslaved and consumed by the monster they created".

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Meanwhile "guerilla gardener", Steven Wheen has found another way to highlight the problems of potholes.

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For readers most interested in such details, Francis Wheen’s biography of Marx, published in 1999, may be a better choice.

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