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thraneens

thraneens is the plural of thraneen.

Meaning of thraneen

Noun

thraneen (plural thraneens)

  1. (poetic) An insignificant amount; a trifle.
  2. A stem of dried grass.
    • [I]f she wishes to see them at their sport, she has only to make a ring out of a thraneen, and look at them through it, and she will see them in all their bravery with their fox-glove caps and green jerkins, capering to the sound of a bag-pipe, with a lurikeen playing it, and he sitting on a fairy...1869, Patrick Kennedy, Evenings in the Duffrey, Dublin: M'Glashan and Gill, page 6

Questions about thraneens

What is thraneens the plural of?
Thraneens is the plural of thraneen.

Words near thraneens in the dictionary

  1. thralling
  2. thralls
  3. thran
  4. Thrandeston
  5. thraneen
  6. thraneens
  7. thrang
  8. thranged
  9. thranging
  10. thrangs
  11. thranite

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