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- Wasson - what's going on?
- We be - As in 'Oh yes, we be!'; used in most of mid and east Cornwall, whereas "we are" is used in the far west.
- Wheal - (a place-name element) mine or shaft (from Cornish language whel)
- Whidden - weakling (of a litter of pigs)
- Winnard - redwing
- Wisht - hard-done-by, weak, faint, pale; e.g. "You're looking wisht today"
- Wilky (Quilkin) - a frog (from Cornish language qwilkyn)
- Wo / ho - stop (when calling horses) ("ho" between a line from Crantock to St Austell and a line from Hayle to the Helford River; "way" in the northeast)
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