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caubeens

caubeens is the plural of caubeen.

Meaning of caubeen

Noun

caubeen (plural caubeens)

  1. An Irish beret, formerly worn by peasants, later also adopted for army use.
    • [A] bare-legged Celtic brother of the gentle craft, somewhat at the wrong side of forty, with a turf-coloured caubeen, patched frieze, a clear brown complexion, dark-grey eyes, and a right pleasant dash of roguery in his features […].1850, Le Fanu, Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory

Questions about caubeens

What is caubeens the plural of?
Caubeens is the plural of caubeen.

Words near caubeens in the dictionary

  1. Catz
  2. catànies
  3. CAU
  4. Cauayan
  5. caubeen
  6. caubeens
  7. Caubian
  8. Cauble
  9. Caubles
  10. Caubool
  11. Caubul

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