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Quotation dates: 1817
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WHEERIE, n.1 Also wheery. A peculiar trait of character, “gen. of an ill trait” (Ork. 1929 Marw., wheery); a whim, a frivolous or capricious notion or act. [′ʍiri]Ayr. 1817 D. McKillop Poems 28:
Never mind their gig-me-leeries, Their flatt'rin' speech, whims and wheeries, Just wheel them roun' like whirlin' peeries Till us they care for; An' mind my boy [the Prince Regent] — by quims an' queeries, It's that you're there for.
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