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Shaneen

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Irish Seoinín.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Shaneen

  1. shoneen, little John
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:
      Heve a dishen an trenshoorès awye, Shaneen;
      Heave the dishes and the trenchers away, little John;

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 66