streel

/ striːl /

noun

1. a slovenly woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of streel¹

from Irish Gaelic straoill

Example Sentences

Joyce uses the noun streel, meaning “a disreputable woman,” in Ulysses, which Pete Buttigieg has cited as the book that influenced him the most.

From Slate

The ITC found that unfairly priced streel pipes used in oil drilling from South Korea and four other countries is harming U.S. steelmakers.

From Washington Times

So now when she showed no wish for any of the things he was so made upon, he said no more about them; only after a while says he, "I believe it's what I'll take a streel off to see is the cow all right in the stable below...."

From Project Gutenberg

Cissy came up along the strand with the two twins and their ball with her hat anyhow on her to one side after her run and she did look a streel tugging the two kids along with the flimsy blouse she bought only a fortnight before like a rag on her back and a bit of her petticoat hanging like a caricature.

From Project Gutenberg