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Kerrywoman

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English

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Etymology

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From Kerry +‎ woman.

Noun

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Kerrywoman (plural Kerrywomen)

  1. A woman from Kerry in Ireland.
    • 2019, Niall Williams, This is Happiness, Bloomsbury (2020), page 360:
      To cover for her husbandʼs silence, with a Kerrywomanʼs forthrightness, Doady said, ‘Weʼll go our own way.’