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oul one

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Ireland/ˈaʊl wɒn/

oul one is the alternative form of ould one.

Meaning of ould one

Noun

ould one (plural ould ones)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial, literally) old woman
    • The ould ones were praying in church.
  2. (Ireland, colloquial, figuratively) mother
    • Me ould one gave out to me for failing my Leaving Cert.
    Synonyms:
    mam, mammy, ma

Forms of oul one

pluraloul ones

Questions about oul one

What is oul one the alternative form of?
Oul one is the alternative form of ould one.
How do you pronounce oul one?
Oul one is pronounced /ˈaʊl wɒn/ (Ireland).

Words near oul one in the dictionary

  1. oukies
  2. ouklip
  3. oul
  4. oul fella
  5. oul fellas
  6. oul one
  7. oul ones
  8. oul wan
  9. oul wans
  10. oul'
  11. oul' fella

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oul one (page history and authors); ould one (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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