All 8 Uses of
wean
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- 'Ye wean't get bread and butther ev'ry neight, I expect, mun,' said Mr Browdie, after he had sat staring at Nicholas a long time over the empty plate.†
Chpt 9
- 'Noo, foller me, and when thee get'st ootside door, turn to the right, and they wean't see thee pass.'†
Chpt 39
- 'He wean't, he wean't.†
Chpt 39 *
- 'He wean't, he wean't.†
Chpt 39
- I wont to do this neighbourly loike, and let them think thee's gotten awa' o' theeself, but if he cooms oot o' thot parlour awhiles theer't clearing off, he mun' have mercy on his oun boans, for I wean't.†
Chpt 39
- She wean't be a bride in a hurry, I reckon.'†
Chpt 42
- 'It wean't hurt him,' said John, apparently very much relieved by the prospect of having a man in the quarrel; 'let' un eat.†
Chpt 42
- If this news aboot 'un has reached school today, the old 'ooman wean't have a whole boan in her boddy, nor Fanny neither.'†
Chpt 64
Definition:
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(wean) to adapt toin various senses, including:
- "She was weaned at 3 months." -- a mammal's adaption to the removal of breastmilk (note this is the unqualified sense)
- "I weaned myself from cigarettes." -- adapted to the gradual removal of
- "I was weaned on progressive principals" -- raised on or adapted to at a very early age.