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diddley-eye

diddley-eye noun: old style traditional Irish music, typically with tin whistles, banjos, and bodhrans.

Noun

diddley-eye (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland, derogatory, informal, often) Old style traditional Irish music, typically with tin whistles, banjos, and bodhrans.

Origin of diddley-eye

Imitative of the sound.

Questions about diddley-eye

What does diddley-eye mean?
Diddley-eye means old style traditional Irish music, typically with tin whistles, banjos, and bodhrans.
What part of speech is diddley-eye?
Diddley-eye is a noun.

Words near diddley-eye in the dictionary

  1. diddley bower
  2. diddley bowers
  3. diddley bows
  4. diddley-bow
  5. diddley-bows
  6. diddley-eye
  7. diddlies
  8. diddling
  9. diddly
  10. diddly bow
  11. diddly bows

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