Dublin, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Dublin n.

[Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland]

(US) the Irish area of a town or city.

1967–69

in DARE.

Proper name in slang uses

In compounds

Dublin jackeen (n.)

see jackeen n.

Dublin rules (n.) [stereotyping the Irish as rough-and-ready brawlers]

(Aus.) no rules at all.

1902

‘Banjo’ Paterson ‘Saltbush Bill’s Second Fight’ in Rio Grande’s Last Race (1904) 82: For they’d rush and clinch, it was Dublin Rules, and we drew no colour line.

Dublin University graduate (n.) [the clichéd condemnation of the Irish as fools]

a particularly stupid person.

1977

D. Powis Signs of Crime 182: Dublin University graduate A particularly dense person, or a person unable to read and write. Intended to be humorously ironic.

In phrases

take the Dublin packet (v.) [? SE double, to evade escape, to run off; or ? the image of a lit. escape from the UK to Ireland by the SE packet-boat, e.g. by a debtor or criminal]

to run round the corner.

1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1864, 1867, 1870		Hotten Sl. Dict.

tip the Dublin packet (v.) [tip v.³; see prev.]

(UK Und.) to run off, to escape.

1812

Vaux Vocab. of the Flash Lang.