streel
/ (striːl) /
noun
Irish a slovenly woman
Words nearby streel
streamwood, streamy, streator, streek, streeking, streel, streep, street, street arab, street certificate, street christian
Word Origin for streel
from Irish Gaelic straoill
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Examples from the Web for streel
As a verb, streel is used in the sense of to drag along in an untidy way:—'Her dress was streeling in the mud.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce