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wetted the shamrock

wetted the shamrock is the simple past and past participle of wet the shamrock.

Meaning of wet the shamrock

Verb

wet the shamrock (third-person singular simple present wets the shamrock, present participle wetting the shamrock, simple past and past participle wet the shamrock or wetted the shamrock)

  1. (Ireland, idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To go for an alcoholic drink, especially as part of a victory celebration or on Saint Patrick's Day.
    • The Meadovv Trefoyls are called in Iriſh Shamrocks, […] The VVord Seamar Leaune and Seamar-orge, being in ſignification the ſame, […] This Plant is vvorn by the People in their Hats upon the 17. Day of March yearly, (vvhich is called St. Patrick’s Day.) […] Hovvever that be, vvhen they vvet their...[1727, Caleb Threlkeld, “TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE ALBUM, White Flowered Meadow Trefoyl.”, in Synopsis stirpium Hibernicarum alphabetic[a]e dispositarum. Sive commentatio de plantis indigenis præsertim...

Questions about wetted the shamrock

What is wetted the shamrock the simple past and past participle of?
Wetted the shamrock is the simple past and past participle of wet the shamrock.

Words near wetted the shamrock in the dictionary

  1. wetted one's whistle
  2. wetted out
  3. wetted the baby's head
  4. wetted the bed
  5. wetted the other eye
  6. wetted the shamrock
  7. wetted through
  8. wetten
  9. wettened
  10. wettening
  11. wettens

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