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alannah

British

/ əˈlænə /

interjection

my child: used as a term of address or endearment

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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

Sure, I dramed ov her last noight, alannah.

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.

And now, what can I do for you, Nora alannah?

From Light O' the Morning by Meade, L. T.

"I 'm coming, sir!" cried Darby, standing up; and holding out his hand to me, he called out,—"Tom, alannah, lead me down stairs."

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James

“Bad was the bist then, alannah, bad cess to it!” said he.

From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham

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