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Old June 12th, 2017, 08:17 AM
Christopher Carson
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2809: balbriggan - Definition List

We have a total of 13 incredibly creative definitions for BALBRIGGAN.
Please vote for two, by public reply to this message, before deadline,
which is 7:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, or 4:00 PM PDT .

1. [Scot.] an arched bridge, usually made of stone.
2. (Ireland, slang) A drunken conversation about
philosophy and the nature of life, shared over a cigarette.
3. A knitted, unbleached cotton fabric for underwear.
4. A large bass drum used by Scottish forces in the first
war of independence (1296-1328).
5. A cave opening.
6. A spar used to support the head of a fore-and-aft sail.
7. (Sc.) A privateer.
8. A medieval troubadour or poet.
9. Thick knitted socks and other underwear.
10. A kind of tweed cap.
11. An oilcloth overcoat popular with anglers before the
introduction of the Mackintosh.
12. [Irish] a high-spirited lad, a playful mischief-maker.
13. (n.) Bombastic; pretentious; high sounding "She was quite balbriggan
in her comments thus not well believed."

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