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English
Etymology
From while + -een.
Noun
whileen (plural whileens)
- (Ireland) A little while; a short time.
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Pronunciation
Noun
whileen
- upset
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Whileen to thee.- That you may be upset.
Verb
whileen
- 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