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glarneys

glarneys is the plural of glarney.

Meaning of glarney

Noun

glarney (plural glarneys)

  1. (UK, dated) A kind of patterned glass marble in children's games.
    • As the word implies the glarneys were glass marbles, but no ball out of an old mineral-water bottle was ever dignified by receiving the name, though such balls were not despised possessions, and had the rank of twoers.1953, Julian Franklyn, The Cockney: a survey of London life and language

Questions about glarneys

What is glarneys the plural of?
Glarneys is the plural of glarney.

Words near glarneys in the dictionary

  1. glark
  2. glarked
  3. glarking
  4. glarks
  5. glarney
  6. glarneys
  7. Glarus
  8. glary
  9. Glas
  10. Glasbury
  11. Glasco

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