what with

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Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)Owing to; because of; as a result of.She was sleeping very badly these days,what withthe new baby and all the activity surrounding him.What withit being too late and raining, we decided to stay home.1860December –1861August,Charles Dickens, chapter III, inGreat Expectations[…], volume II, London:Chapman and Hall,[…], published October 1861,→OCLC,page39:Her half-brother had now ample means again, butwhat withdebts andwhat withnew madness wasted them most fearfully again.2009October 29,David Walliams[pseudonym; David Edward Williams],Mr Stink, London:HarperCollins Children’s Books,→ISBN:It was hard to take him seriously, though,what withhis multi-colored eye makeup.

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