girleen
English
Etymology
From girl + -een.
Pronunciation
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /ɡəɹˈliːn/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəːliːn/, /ɡəːˈliːn/
Noun
girleen (plural girleens)
- (Ireland) A young woman, a girl. [from 19th c.]
- 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Faber & Faber 2014, p. 67:
- 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 2014, p. 67:
See also
- maneen
Anagrams
- leering, reeling