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sleiveens

sleiveens is the plural 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

Questions about sleiveens

What is sleiveens the plural of?
Sleiveens is the plural of sleiveen.

Words near sleiveens in the dictionary

  1. sleights of hand
  2. sleights-of-hand
  3. sleighty
  4. Sleipnir
  5. sleiveen
  6. sleiveens
  7. Slemani
  8. Slemp
  9. Slemps
  10. slendang
  11. slendangs

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