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girleen en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɡəːˈliːn/ (UK)
  • /ɡəɹˈliːn/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈɡəːliːn/ (UK)

Etymology

From girl + -een.

Meanings

  1. (Ireland) A young woman, a girl.
    • They see us shout girleens, girleens! Decide they're coming down to sit by us in our hidey hole. 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 67:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
girleens Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

maneen