Antonyms for wans

Grammar : Verb

Spell : won

Phonetic Transcription : wɒn

Definition of wans

Origin : Old English wann "dark, lacking luster," later "leaden, pale, gray," of uncertain origin, and not found in other Germanic languages. The connecting notion is colorlessness. Perhaps related to wane.

As in etiolate : verb weaken

Example sentences :

That's what permotions is for, I'm thinkin'—to give the wans behoind you a chance.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

I knowed th' owld-time gunmen—the wans they tell stories of.
Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm

It's gone on in the other wans to the assembly-rooms, and there it'll be exhibited the day after to-morrow.
Extract from : « The Old Curiosity Shop » by Charles Dickens

It's gone on in the other wans to the room where it'll be exhibited the day after to-morrow.
Extract from : « Ten Girls from Dickens » by Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Theres only two I kin trust an thems the wans as cooks for ye an serves the food.
Extract from : « The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty » by Gerald Breckenridge

There's them that wants permotion in such a hurry that they all but knocks over the wans in front of 'em.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

Synonyms for wans

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