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drisheen

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Ireland/dɹɪʃiːn/

drisheen noun: a type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.

Noun

drisheen (plural drisheens)

  1. (Ireland) A type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.
    • Mr Dedalus had ordered drisheens for breakfast and during the meal he crossexamined the waiter for local news.1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, section 86

Forms of drisheen

pluraldrisheens

Origin of drisheen

Borrowed from Irish drisín.

Questions about drisheen

What does drisheen mean?
Drisheen means a type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.
What part of speech is drisheen?
Drisheen is a noun.
How do you pronounce drisheen?
Drisheen is pronounced /dɹɪʃiːn/ (Ireland).
What is the plural of drisheen?
The plural of drisheen is drisheens.

Words near drisheen in the dictionary

  1. dripwater
  2. DRIs
  3. Driscoll
  4. Driscolls
  5. driselase
  6. drisheen
  7. drisheens
  8. Driskell
  9. Driskells
  10. Driskill
  11. Driskills

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