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mavourneens

mavourneens is the plural of mavourneen.

Meaning of mavourneen

Noun

mavourneen (plural mavourneens)

  1. (Ireland) darling, sweetheart
    • "Ay, Paddy, mavourneen; I'll be bail they didn't skit and laugh the way some people would be doin'." "Laugh! not thimsilves, indeed."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 515

Questions about mavourneens

What is mavourneens the plural of?
Mavourneens is the plural of mavourneen.

Words near mavourneens in the dictionary

  1. mavorixafor
  2. Mavors
  3. Mavortial
  4. Mavortian
  5. mavourneen
  6. mavourneens
  7. mavournin
  8. mavournins
  9. Mavridis
  10. mavrilimumab
  11. mavrodaphne

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