(Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
(Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
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(dated, now, rare, AAVE, derogatory) A poor white person.
(Ireland, derogatory) An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin.
(also, attributive) A boastful or bullying man.
(Ireland, derogatory, ethnic slur) , especially (obsolete, _, or, _, historic) an excessively Anglophile one.
(MTE, slang, derogatory) A homeless person or a drug addict.