slougherdhès

Yola

Alternative forms

• slaugheardhès

Etymology

Derived from Irish slogaire (“swallower”), equivalent to slug (“to eat greedily”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɔːˈɡiːdz/

Noun

slougherdhès

1. greedy pigs

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 68