bawneen

British

/ ˈbɑːniːn /

noun

a variant spelling of báinín

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bawneen

He seems an Aran fisher, for he wears The flannel bawneen and the cow-hide shoe.

From Two plays for dancers by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

Peter Joyce was perfectly content to wear a "bawneen" of homemade flannel and a pair of ragged trousers.

From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by George A. Birmingham

"Isn't he the divil painted?" exclaimed another in highest admiration; "wait till I give him a couple of slaps of my bawneen, miss!"

From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville

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