slougherdhès

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Irish slugaire, slogaire (“swallower”), equivalent to slug (“to eat greedily”) +‎ -eare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sluːˈɡɛrd̪z/, /slɔːˈɡɛrd̪z/

Noun

slougherdhès

  1. greedy pigs

References

  • 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 68
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