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Anglicised as spailpeen or spalpeen, or "wandering landless labourer" was
an itinerant or seasonal farm worker in Ireland from the 17th to the early 20th century.* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpailpĂ*n#cite_note_Culture_page_442_1>*The term derived from the Irish *spailp*, meaning "turn, spell, bout." The dictionary and Efrem received a score of 5: Shani was the real winner Take it away EFrem *JohnnyB* From Who voted Voted for by Score 1 (Archaic) a woman who sells fish Debbie E 3, 8 0 2 spailpĂ*n [Irish] an itinerant or seasonal farm worker Judy M, Dan W, Shani N, Efrem M, Tim L D5 3 *Irish English.* Nonsensical talk; overblown or empty rhetoric; claptrap Paul K Debbie E, Judy M 2 DQ 4 any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Fagaceae, including species in the genera Chrysolepis of western North America and Castanopsis of East and Southeast Asia; The edible nut of any of these plants Judy M 2*, 3 2* 5 (Far.) a projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof Dan W 2*, 3 Deborah F 3* 6 a genre of Spanish thriller or horror film typically involving a murder mystery and characterized by graphic violence, eroticism, an atmospheric, sometimes dreamlike blend of suspense and horror elements, and often a prominent, intense music score Shani N 2*, 9 Tony A, Efrem M 4* 7 the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America Mike S 8, 9 Tony A 1 8 an iron pin used to attach the figurehead to the prow of medieval round ships Deborah F 5, 9 Mike S, Debbie E 2 9 A tool, similar to a spike, used to break rocks by inserting it into a crevice and striking it with a heavy hammer. Efrem M 2*, 6 Mike S, Deborah F, Shani N 5* 10* <no Def> Tim L 2,5 2* 11* <no Def> Tony A 6, 7 0 Debbie E 0 Tony A 0 Mike S 1 Paul K 2 Deborah F 2 Judy M 2* Tim L 2* Dan W 3* Shani N 4* Efrem M 5* Dictionary D5 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...mail.gmail.com. |
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