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Examples
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At last she spotted a weeny weeshy one miles away.
Ulysses 2003
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“I thought you had a grand send-off for the weeshy thing.”
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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“I thought you had a grand send-off for the weeshy thing.”
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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But I'd like to see a little bit of holly in the Blessed Virgin's crown, and just a weeshy little bit in her Child's fingers.
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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"Now, which sort do you think is best for weeshy boys like that?" he asked, indicating the baby, who was making silent dives in the direction of the box.
Captain Jim Mary Grant Bruce 1918
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At last she spotted a weeny weeshy one miles away.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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When I was a weeshy child, she gave me the first penny I ever had in my hand; and I wanted to pray for her conversion that night the same as my mother made me pray for yours; and --
O'Flaherty V.C. : a recruiting pamphlet George Bernard Shaw 1903
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"Why, you see," said Andy, "I didn't like the poor mother's pride should be let down in the eyes o 'the neighbours; and so I made the weeshy bit o' hay look as dacent as I could -- but, at the same time, I wouldn't chate any one for the world, Misther Doyle."
Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Samuel Lover 1832
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He puffed forward with a great cudgel, determined to commit slaughter out of the face, and the first man he met was the weeshy fraction of
The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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'Nothing at all,' says Jack, 'but a weeshy bit of a dry stick.'
The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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