whileen
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]whileen (plural whileens)
- (Ireland) A little while; a short time.
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]whileen
- upset
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Whileen to thee.
- That you may be upset.
Verb
[edit]whileen
References
[edit]- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 78