saalvache

Yola

Alternative forms

• zalavache

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish salach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔːɫˈvɔːk/, /zɔːɫˈvɔːk/

Noun

saalvache

1. sloven, slut
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Go gaame abuth Forth, thou unket saalvache.

     Go, make game about Forth, thou uncouth sloven.

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 65