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sleeveen

sleeveen is the alternative spelling of sleiveen.

Meaning of sleiveen

Noun

sleiveen (plural sleiveens)

  1. (Ireland, Newfoundland) A dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area.
    • In trust he took John's lands; / Sleiveens were all his race1889, WB Yeats, The Ballad of Father O'Hart

Forms of sleeveen

pluralsleeveens

Questions about sleeveen

What is sleeveen the alternative spelling of?
Sleeveen is the alternative spelling of sleiveen.

Words near sleeveen in the dictionary

  1. sleeve-link
  2. sleeve-links
  3. sleeveboard
  4. sleeveboards
  5. sleeved
  6. sleeveen
  7. sleeveens
  8. sleeveface
  9. sleevefaces
  10. sleeveful
  11. sleevefuls

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