10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLEEVEEN»
Discover the use of
sleeveen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sleeveen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Risking everything, she sets out to rescue Fachtna and Blaithin before undertaking her own perilous escape. This tale steeped in Irish mythology will delight readers of all ages.
Brenda Ennis, Michael Everson, 2013
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English: Second Edition with ...
By the way, sleepy dust is that which you wash from your eyes every morning.
sleeveen n also sleiveen, sleveen, slieveenEDD slieveen, var sleeveen, sleiveen
sb 1 'rogue, rascal' Ir; JOYCE 326–7 'guileful fellow'; DINNEEN slighbhin 'a ...
W.J. Kirwin, G. M. Story, J.D.A. Widdowson, 1990
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The Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford
Then, I suppose, Sleeveen, that in your mind, all lazy labourers and beggars will
be sure of Paradise, and all rich people, good and bad, be lost ; is that the case ?
Sleeveen. — Isn't it said in the Scripture that it is easier for a camel to pass ...
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The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review
__ would back us at a hurling on that same), in sowing and mowing, tilling and
reaping, fattening bullocks, and salting pork, or fishing and mending our nets and
lobster pots; instead of being a poor, idle, ignorant, dirty, slinging, sleeveen, ...
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The Dublin University Magazine
... penny in the market?' says Jack. ' No, but here's the highest penny in the
market,' says a sleeveen that was listenin', getting up on a high ladder that was
restin' again' the market house: ' here's the highest penny, and the sheep is mine.
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Dublin University magazine: a literary and political journal
Divil a word o' falsity in that, Creepy — but be me sowl you're not Creepy O'
Sleeveen, or there'll be another story to tell afore the christenin's over, Creepy ;
put that in your sleeve. I'll not have all the fun to myself, Creepy — eh, Sleeveen ?
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Selected Plays of Hugh Leonard
Where I come from we'd call him a sleeveen. MRS. ROGERS. Oh? EUGENE. It
means a little mountainy man. MRS. ROGERS. What facility you have for le mot
juste, Mr. Har- tigan. Sleeveen. EUGENE. (Crossing three steps to left.) It's a sort
of ...
Hugh Leonard, Sean Finbarr Gallagher, 1992
... and mares (9 subscribers). Mr. Whaley's ch. f. Caroline, by Buffer, out of
Peeweet 1 Mr. Gore's b. c. O'Toole, by Swindler, out of Anne - 2 3 to 2 on
Caroline. Mr. Hassard's b. f. Miss Tooley, 10st. beat Mr. Battersby's cb. c.
Sleeveen, 8st. over ...
"Yes, that's fair enough, but this fellar was a regular sleeveen." "Why is that?" I
asked. "Why? He took the best part of me chocolate bar — that's why!" she
snapped. "Took your bar?" "Yes, and he never had the courtesy to ask me. Now,
if I ...
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The words we use: collection 3
Poltroon, a wretched coward, a miserable sleeveen, is the subject of a query from
Douglas Craig who writes from the Isle of Man. It comes from Middle French
poltron, from the Italian poltrone, a coward, a lie- a-bed, a sluggard, from poltro, ...
Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, 1999
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLEEVEEN»
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sleeveen is used in the context of the following news items.
Roy Curtis: Darragh Ó Sé reveals the sleeveen culture of modern …
So it seems the narrative has advanced among Dublin's foes: From splitting up the county to breaking its star player – Diarmuid Connolly – in two. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Aer Lingus sale will be good for job creation, Dáil hears
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin accused the Government of adopting a “slippery, sleeveen'' approach to the matter. He said the Government was trying to ram ... «Irish Times, May 15»
Aer Lingus: bitter Dail debate over proposed sale
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin accuses the Government of adopting a “slippery, sleeveen'' approach to sale of Aer Lingus. Jump to comments (0) ... «Irish Times, May 15»
Leo Varadkar: 'Trolley crisis needs two-sided solution'
Meanwhile in the Dáil, Taoiseach Enda Kenny was accused of engaging in “sleeveen” politics for saying that hospital wards were “not as safe as they ought to ... «Irish Examiner, Jan 15»
Miriam Lord: I'm a Politician - Don't Kick Me Out of Here!
Perhaps they should consider rehabilitating good old Sleeveen. And when the Government holds up the SF bogeymen and asks the electorate can they risk ... «Irish Times, Dec 14»
Film tells emotional tale of flooding of Lee Valley
'The heart breaking details of their forced relocation was clearly conveyed by their farewell Caoineadh,' he says from Sleeveen Hill, the day the forest and their ... «Southern Star Newspaper, Nov 14»
This was not Leaders' Questions as we know it – it was an …
All he knows is that decent volunteers have been done down by “sleeveen” Enda Kenny and Micheál Martin. And them pure as the driven truck . . . laden with ... «Irish Times, Oct 14»
Former minister will not give his PPS number to Irish Water
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin accused Mr Kenny of undermining Mr Tierney in “a shabby and sleeveen way''. He asked Mr Kenny if any member of the ... «Irish Times, Oct 14»
Never mind the small print - trust us
Sleeveen language. Deliberately deceptive, while taking pains not to formally lie. Such things have happened down through the years. It's part of political life. «Irish Independent, Sep 14»
Sick and tired of 1916 ... even before 2016 begins
The best way to shut down Senator Daly's sleeveen campaign for "clarification" is to confront him with the historical chain of IRA violence that led to the murder of ... «Irish Independent, Aug 14»
