boreen
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of boreen
C19: from Irish Gaelic bóithrín , diminutive of bóthar road
Example Sentences
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I walk around the graveyard in the old abbey at Mungret where my mother’s relations are buried and I go up the boreen to the Norman castle at Carrigogunnell where Dad brought me twice.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Mustapha had been dancing about a bit, but suddenly he whinnied and made a rush for the boreen.
From Love of Brothers by Tynan, Katharine
A Kerry man's boat is a ship, his cabin is a house, his shrubs are trees, his "boreen" is an avenue, and, as a native bard declares, "all his hens are paycocks."
From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.
The windows and the doors were shut, One star shone faint and green The little straws were turnin' round Across the bare boreen.
From Poems by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
A little further on, still to the right of the road, branched off suddenly a narrow bridle-path, or "boreen," as it is called in this part of the country.
From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.
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