wee adj.
SE in slang uses
In compounds
(Irish) the penis.
Breakfast on Pluto 24: Inserting one’s wee man into these rasher-drying ladies — well, it simply wasn’t on. |
the very early morning.
Shirley II 73: She followed the steps of the night, on its pathway of stars, far into the ‘wee sma’ hours ayont the twal.’. | ||
Tommy Cornstalk 172: Bloemfontein we came to in the ‘wee sma’ ’ hours of the next day, and were immediately taken from our trucks, given a drink of hot milk and bovril, and placed in the bell-tents of the big canvas hospital. | ||
Dear ‘Herm’ 83: He [...] gets her home way past the wee-wee hours. | ||
Fixx 207: Discretion flew out of the window in the wee small hours. | ||
On the Back of the Other Side 53: Slowly, somewhere in the wee small hours her mind began to turn towards practical things. | ||
Ghosts are Real 45: She had suddenly awakened during the wee small hours, around 3.00 am. |
In exclamations
(Ulster) no problem!
Crack 385: The fearless Provo woman who was once caught carrying two .45s [...] Her attitude about the prospect of a fourteen-year sentence was ‘wee buns’ (No problems). | ||
Resurrection Man 126: ‘Still,’ he said, ‘you handled him well.’ ‘That class of a man's easy. Wee buns’. | ||
Slanguage 305/1: wee buns/onions [exclam.] (Ulster) No bother! | ||
On the Brinks 171: Shouldn’t really be any problems, though. Wee buns. | ||
Hoods 121: The specific deterrent effect of prison on those imprisoned diminished over time with each sentence. For example, Joe (age, 18) said, ‘It's wee buns in here’ [Hydebank YOC] . |