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  • noun Plural form of whin.

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Examples

  • Between us and the whins was a burn with steep earthy banks, and too wide and deep to risk horses over.

    The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars

  • Flyingk lesshums, gibbing meh, whins eejectifying mii frum teh tabloltop

    Muzt act befor - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • That Dog can see, hear, smell more deer than l0 people can and never barks, kinda whins a tad when he really sees the deer, but stands still like a bird-dog.

    Sit Down, Shut Up 2008

  • That which comes closest is a noisome, prickly bush known hereabouts as the whins and elsewhere as gorse.

    No Course Like the Old Course 2010

  • May 13th, 2008 8: 00 pm ET when obama whins big with blacks thats no big deal, but hillary wins big with whites in va. its because they are old, dumb and racists. if the news channels ever had anything good to say about clinton and not be so afraid of saying anything against obama, maybe things wold be different.

    Schneider: A clear rift in the party exists 2008

  • Dodging balls on the golf course is always fun and we made it down through the whins uncharacteristically unscathed.

    Seven Hills 2009

  • | Reply | Permalink when bill and ill are together it's usually bill who whins

    Bill On Obama And The Debate: You Didn't Hear Hillary "Whining" 2009

  • Pursuing whins is a good thing when it can be done safely.

    A letter on dying #2 Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • At length I came within sight of them, three in number, where they sat cosily niched into what you might call a BUNKER, a little sand-pit, dry and snug, and surrounded by its banks, and a screen of whins in full bloom.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • I turned into the bush, which here was thin and sparse like whins on a common.

    Prester John 2005

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