whileen

English

Etymology

while +‎ -een

Noun

whileen (plural whileens)

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

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiːˈliːn/

Noun

whileen

1. upset
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Whileen to thee.

     That you may be upset.

Verb

whileen

1. present participle of whil

References

• 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