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ould ones

ould ones is the plural 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

Questions about ould ones

What is ould ones the plural of?
Ould ones is the plural of ould one.

Words near ould ones in the dictionary

  1. oulakans
  2. ould
  3. ould fella
  4. ould fellas
  5. ould one
  6. ould ones
  7. ould wan
  8. ould wans
  9. oulder
  10. ouldest
  11. oule

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ould ones (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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