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maneen

maneen noun: a little man.

Noun

maneen (plural maneens)

  1. (Ireland) A little man.
    • I was standing at the end of the South Terrace one day with some maneens like myself and sure we thought we were grand fellows because we had pipes stuck in the corners of our mouths.1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

Forms of maneen

pluralmaneens

Origin of maneen

From man + -een.

Questions about maneen

What does maneen mean?
Maneen means a little man.
What part of speech is maneen?
Maneen is a noun.
What is the plural of maneen?
The plural of maneen is maneens.

Words near maneen in the dictionary

  1. maned foxes
  2. maned rat
  3. maned rats
  4. maned wolf
  5. maned wolves
  6. maneen
  7. maneens
  8. manefaire
  9. manefaires
  10. manefish
  11. manefishes

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