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单词 wheen
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Definition of wheen in English:

wheen

noun wiːn
Scottish

  • A considerable amount or number.

    〈主苏格兰〉好些；多个

    a wheen of pennies

    好多便士。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Darby replied: ‘That's a fair wheen of years ago, Dan.’
    • There is a whole wheen of areas where we can use more effective ways to encourage arts investment.
    • A fresh northerly breeze and a wheen of fresh faces took to the well-grassed sward of Old Anniesland.
    • The nationalism that O'Hagan describes as ‘shaking hands with the past’ has not a wheen of history about it.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old English hwēne 'in some degree'.
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