muskawn

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish meascán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊsˈkɔːn/

Noun

muskawn

1. A large heap or lump.
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Muskawn of buthther.

     A large lump of butter.

Related terms

• measkeen

References

• 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 58