whileen

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

while +‎ -een

Noun[edit]

whileen (plural whileens)

  1. (Ireland) A little while; a short time.

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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

whileen

  1. upset
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Whileen to thee.
      That you may be upset.

Verb[edit]

whileen

  1. present participle of whil

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
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