streel
/ (striːl) /
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noun
Irish a slovenly woman
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Word Origin for streel
from Irish Gaelic straoill
Words nearby streel
Streamwood, streamy, Streator, streek, streeking, streel, Streep, street, street address, street arab, streetcar
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How to use streel in a sentence
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