Whin

What th 'Czar whispered to th' Imp'ror Willum whin they were alone, how to make a silk hat out iv a wire matthress, how to settle th 'coal sthrike, who to marry, how to get on with ye'er wife whin ye're married, what to feed th' babies, what doctor to call whin ye've fed thim as directed, -- all iv that ye'll find in th 'pa-apers. ❋ Finley Peter Dunne (1901)

"You'll git a good chance at the stag whin he tops the hillock forenent you, sor," remarked the somewhat garrulous Irishman. ❋ Unknown (1859)

a seam of coal about six inches thick of no value, which lies under about four fathom of clay, beneath this is a white freestone, then a hard stone, which the workmen there call a whin, then two fathoms of clay, then another white stone, and under that a vein of coals three feet nine inches thick, of a similar nature to the Newcastle coal. ❋ Erasmus Darwin (1766)

E-vasion I calls it, bekaze, exceptin 'whin 'tis right an' natural an 'proper, 'tis wrong an' dhirty to steal a man's wan child she not knowin 'her own mind. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

E-vasion I calls it, bekaze, exceptin 'whin 'tis right an' natural an 'proper, 'tis wrong an' dhirty to steal a man's wan child, she not knowin 'her own mind. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

That's the reason why she continue telling them – b/c she will whin, stump and call it sexism if anyone challenge her on anything. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An 'have ye niver drifted along, the water clear as glass, whin suddin, belike a cloud over the sun, the mushy-ice comes bubblin' up an 'up till from bank to bank an' bind to bind it's drapin 'the river like a first snowfall?' ❋ Unknown (2010)

But ye did in the ind, "he exclaimed, triumphantly," whin ye saw I was goin 'to lave ye for sure. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To be honest, both candidates have a lot to complain or whin about. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Butt, nawt tue mush shugir foar teh bebbehs, deyz can endawlge whin dey is olde enuff to mayk der own hard-tak. ❋ Unknown (2010)

June 11, 2010 at 1:28 pm wil maek rly clebbr commentz bowt dis lol maybee layter, whin finks ob sum. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now, cue the Clinton Crybabies, whining about sexism, or racism, or fairness, or delegates, or electability – or whatever this weeks topic of whin-e-ness is. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The folklore of golf, for another example, tells us that the game began on the links of the Scottish coast, the happy accident of their whin-and-sand-and-cliffsideturf variousness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He has immersed himself whin our central literature, carried it forward in love, honor and signal accomplishment. ❋ Apexdigest (2008)

A dark sandy bowl in the roots beneath the elder and whin bushes, it was a perfect hiding place. ❋ A. D. Scott (2010)

Ruined croft houses, remains of dry stone dykes marking lost fields, now reclaimed by ferns and gorse and whin and heather, a brighter shade of green on the hillsides showing where crofters had fertilized and cultivated the land, now they were empty, except for the sheep. ❋ A. D. Scott (2010)

Lined with elder bushes, and stands of whin and gorse, there was not much cover there. ❋ A. D. Scott (2010)

Stop Crying Obama, all you do is whin, who were wearing the pants, you or LARRY SINCLAIR, were you whinning then. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Obama is probaly behind it, but if you ask him, he will whin, cry and pout. ❋ Unknown (2008)