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  • What; what kind of.

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Examples

  • I wish I had whaten books ye wanted, Mr. Butler, for they hae haill houses of them here, and they are obliged to set sum out in the street, whilk are sald cheap, doubtless, to get them out of the weather.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • Derncleugh, left his horses to the care of the blackguard boy, confiding, it is to be supposed, rather in the years and discretion of the cattle, than in those of their keeper, and set off full speed, to see, as he exprest himself, "whaten a sort o 'fun was gaun on."

    The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885

  • 'Latt the young ozebird aloun, zay I. Makk zuch ado about un, wi' hogs'-puddens, and hock-bits, and lambs'-mate, and whaten bradd indade, and brewers 'ale avore dinner-time, and her not to zit wi' no winder aupen -- draive me mad 'e doo, the ov'ee, zuch a passel of voouls.

    Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor 1862

  • ` ` Wha's aught ye, callant? whaten a gate's that to ride? ''

    The Antiquary 1845

  • I wish I had whaten books ye wanted, Mr. Butler, for they hae haill houses of them here, and they are obliged to set sum out in the street, whilk are sald cheap, doubtless, to get them out of the weather.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • The driver, understanding what was going on at Derncleugh, left his horses to the care of a blackguard boy, confiding, it is to be supposed, rather in the years and discretion of the cattle than in those of their keeper, and set off full speed to see, as he expressed himself, 'whaten a sort o' fun was gaun on. '

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • "Wha's aught ye, callant? whaten a gate's that to ride?"

    The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • "Wha's aught ye, callant? whaten a gate's that to ride?"

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • Derncleugh, left his horses to the care of a blackguard boy, confiding, it is to be supposed, rather in the years and discretion of the cattle than in those of their keeper, and set off full speed to see, as he expressed himself, 'whaten a sort o' fun was gaun on. '

    Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • The driver, understanding what was going on at Derncleugh, left his horses to the care of a blackguard boy, confiding, it is to be supposed, rather in the years and discretion of the cattle than in those of their keeper, and set off full speed to see, as he expressed himself, 'whaten a sort o' fun was gaun on. '

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

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