1785. Burns, Scotch Drink, xii. When skirlin weanies see the light, Thou maks the gossips clatter bright.
1864. Blackmore, Clara Vaughan, xxiv. The two weanies (big baby and little baby) only attending for the sake of example.
1894. A. Reid, Sangs o the Heatherland, 103. Davie Mindit neebors crawlin weanies.