bawneen

/ ˈbɑːniːn /

noun

1. a variant spelling of báinín

Example Sentences

He seems an Aran fisher, for he wears The flannel bawneen and the cow-hide shoe.

From Project Gutenberg

Peter Joyce was perfectly content to wear a "bawneen" of homemade flannel and a pair of ragged trousers.

From Project Gutenberg

Indeed, I can't give you leave to do that," she said; "for a travelling man stopped for a night not long ago; and when he went away in the morning, he brought with him the flannel bawneen and the pants of the man of the house, that were hanging on the hedge to dry.

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"Isn't he the divil painted?" exclaimed another in highest admiration; "wait till I give him a couple of slaps of my bawneen, miss!"

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