wee

He turned from a Jack Russell into a wee barrel.

After relaxing in her flat, sharing a bottle of wine, and talking into the wee hours, she coolly announces that “it’s time for bed.”

"People will say it's just a dog, but she wasn't just a dog she was my wee girl," she said.

There was a celebrated Royal opening in 2004 where I remember one hard-nosed journalist marvelling at what had been achieved by this "dapper wee man in a kilt".

Ever practical, Ellington, who composed mostly in wee hours after gigs, always wrote for the occasion and the players.