peepeare

Yola

Alternative forms

• pipere

Etymology

From Middle English piper, from Old English pīpere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːˈpiː/

Noun

peepeare

1. piper
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 93:

     A near a haapney to paay a peepeare.

     Had ne'er a halfpenny to pay the piper.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 96:

     A peepeare struck ap; wough dansth aul in a ring;

     The piper struck up, we danced all in a ring,

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 61