wheen

noun /ʍiːn/

1. A little; a small number.

2. A quantity; a goodly number.

   I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs.

Where it comes from

From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry wheen (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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