girleen

English

Etymology

From girl +‎ -een

Pronunciation
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /ɡəɹˈliːn/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡəːliːn/, /ɡəːˈliːn/

Noun

girleen (plural girleens)

  1. (Ireland) A young woman, a girl. [from 19th c.]
    • 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Faber & Faber 2014, p. 67:
      They see us shout girleens, girleens! Decide they're coming down to sit by us in our hidey hole.

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