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Sleeveen vs Sleiveen - What's the difference?

sleeveen | sleiveen | Alternative forms |

Sleeveen is an alternative form of sleiveen.


As nouns the difference between sleeveen and sleiveen

is that sleeveen is while sleiveen is (ireland|newfoundland) a dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area.

sleeveen

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • sleiveen

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sleeveen

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ireland, Newfoundland) A dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area.
  • * 1889 , WB Yeats, ‘The Ballad of Father O'Hart’:
    • In trust he took John's lands; / Sleiveens were all his race
  • * 2002 , Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea , Vintage 2003, p. 298:
    • You blackened, filthy sleeveen liar. I curse the living day I ever let you near me.