Wen
[wen] or [wɛn]
Definition
n. a sebaceous cyst most commonly on the scalp consisting of obstructed sebaceous glands which enlarge by the internal pressure of their accumulated secretions.—adjs. Wen′nish Wen′ny wen-like.
Edited by Augustus
Examples
- Wen I don't, I'll ask you, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It would pay him to get apiece of his head taken off, and cultivate a wen like a carpet sack. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If you'll tell me wen he wakes, I'll be upon the wery best extra-super behaviour! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It 'ud be a wery chilly subject as felt cold wen you stood opposite. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Wen I see him a-layin' so stritched out just now, I wished he could have heerd me tell him so. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What are you a-settin' down there for, con-wertin' your face into a street-door knocker, wen there's so much to be done. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He's sitch a friend o' the family, Sammy, that wen he's avay from us, he can't be comfortable unless he has somethin' to remember us by. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Beg your pardon, sir,' said Sam, when he had concluded, 'but wen I gets on this here grievance, I runs on like a new barrow with the wheel greased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Set down, Sir, ve make no extra charge for settin' down, as the king remarked wen he blowed up his ministers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was a fellow with a wen in his neck, larger than five wool-packs; and another, with a couple of wooden legs, each about twenty feet high. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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