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Collins English Dictionary.
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original on 29
April 2021. "
sleeveen".
Oxford Dictionaries Pro.
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- guarantees,
which comes from
Irish sláinteacha with the same meaning.
sleeveen,
sleiveen – (from slíbhín) an
untrustworthy or
cunning person. Used in...
- Newfoundland,
involving drinking rum and
kissing a (dead) fish,
usually cod 9.
sleeveen sleveen, slieveen, sleiveen, <
Irish Gaelic slighbín 'trickster' (DCHP-2...
- in
words found in
Newfoundland English, such as
scrob for "scratch" and
sleeveen for "rascal."
There are
virtually no
known fluent speakers of
Irish Gaelic...
-
words borrow from the
Irish tradition, such as "bokety", "fooster" or "
sleeveen",
while words like "kip", "cop-on" or even "grinds" have
their origins...
