blone n.
(Irish/Scot.) a woman.
Autobiog. 28: I said it might be done if it were not for the blones. | ||
Paul Clifford II 94: ‘Bring the lush and the pipes, old blone!’ cried Ned. | ||
Death of an Irish Town 21: A rager blone – four horses and two sprassies. Wide with the makes. Still. (In translation: ‘A country woman – four half crowns and two sixpences ... she’s careful with her money’). |