alannah
Britishinterjection
Etymology
Origin of alannah
from Irish Gaelic a leanbh
Example Sentences
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Dick Haldane, me darlint, hind the colonel the loan of yer arrum, alannah.
From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Austin, Henry
God knows, Dick, you get far from fair play, acushla—far from the ating and drinking that other people's childher get, that hasn't as good a skin to put it in as you, alannah!
From The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
Sure, I dramed ov her last noight, alannah.
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.
Oi fale so glad, alannah, Oi could dance for joy, loike the piper that played before Moses!”
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.
"Hush, alannah, I will tell you another time."
From Imaginations and Reveries by Russell, George William
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