graabache

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English garbage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡraːbət͡ʃ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡraːpɪʃ/[1]

Noun

graabache

  1. garbage, dirty trash, stale victuals[2]
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:
      Adee! well zide, stuggoone, an thee raste o' graabache.
      Ha! well said, (with thy) bad bread, and thy rest of garbage.

References

  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 157
  2. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 42
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