winnooween

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Etymology

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From Middle English wyndouynge (swirling, scattering).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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winnooween

  1. blowing
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      The condel is to winnooween.
      The wind is blowing the candle.

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References

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  • 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