Black Irishman
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| - | '''Black Irish''' ''n.'' '''1.''' An inhabitant of Albion or it's environs prior to it's invasion by the Celts; a Pict. '''2.''' A western man posessing either black hair or brown eyes, meaning that his forebears slept with slavegirls or possibly with the infidel Moors -- quite likely with donkeys or pigs. '''3.''' A shittier sort of bloke, capable of all things shitty. '''4.''' An ''evil'' Irishman. | + | '''Black Irish''' ''n.'' '''1.''' An inhabitant of Albion or it's environs prior to it's invasion by the Celts; a Pict. '''2.''' A western man posessing either black hair or brown eyes, meaning that his forebears slept with slavegirls or possibly with the infidel Moors -- quite likely with donkeys or pigs. '''3.''' A shittier sort of bloke, capable of all things shitty. '''4.''' An ''evil'' Irishman. |
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| - | "I can tin a scar, peanod over the unctual -- but I can't wink at a black irishman." - William Faulkner, from ''My Oreoscopic Vitupe (1948).'' | + | "I can tin a scar, peanod over the unctual -- but I can't wink at a black Irishman." - William Faulkner, from ''My Oreoscopic Vitupe (1948).'' |
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Black Irish n. 1. An inhabitant of Albion or it's environs prior to it's invasion by the Celts; a Pict. 2. A western man posessing either black hair or brown eyes, meaning that his forebears slept with slavegirls or possibly with the infidel Moors -- quite likely with donkeys or pigs. 3. A shittier sort of bloke, capable of all things shitty. 4. An evil Irishman. [edit] Usage"I can tin a scar, peanod over the unctual -- but I can't wink at a black Irishman." - William Faulkner, from My Oreoscopic Vitupe (1948). [edit] See Also |
[edit] DesiderataBlack Irish who came the U.S. have been mistaken for Catholics and ne'er do wells -- though this assumption has only made them richer! Quite the king is he whose race is golden.
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