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Revelations of Ireland in the Past Generation choose

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[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 116: O, tare and ouns! Oh, holy Biddy!
at tare an’ ouns!, excl.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: Come, cut your shtick, ye catankerous owld badger iv a jackanapes.
at badger, n.1
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: The like of you a gintleman! Wisha, by gor, that bangs Banagher.
at beat Bannagher (v.) under Bannagher, n.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 116: You rascally gallows bird!
at gallows-bird, n.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: Whew, boy! what a passion old Biddy is in.
at boy!, excl.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: ‘Easy now,’ cried O’Connell.
at easy!, excl.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: Wisha, by gor, that bangs Banagher!
at gor!, excl.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: ‘Tuppence, your grandmother!’ replied Mrs Biddy. ‘do you mane to say that’s chateing the people I am?’.
at my granny! (excl.) under granny, n.1
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: By the hokey [...] I’d tan your dirty hide, you bastely common scrub.
at by hokey! (excl.) under hokey, n.1
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: Stop your jaw, you pug-nosed badger.
at jaw, n.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 116: May the devil fly away wid you, you micher from Munster.
at mitcher, n.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 115: Why, you potato-faced pippin-sneezer.
at potato-face (n.) under potato, n.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 116: Go rinse your mouth in the Liffey, you nasty tickle-pitcher.
at tickle-pitcher (n.) under tickle, v.
[Ire] D.O. Madden Revelations of Ireland 116: You mealy-mouthed tub of guts.
at tub of guts (n.) under tub, n.1
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