spalpeen

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /spalˈpiːn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poor migratory farm worker in Ireland, often viewed as a rascal or mischievous and cunning person. Ireland,ethnic,slur
    — "And they stood you before the magistrates, like a spalpeen or a tinker." / "Sure the French wouldn't bring with them barrels of coppers for the spalpeens of Connaught. It is murder and bloodshed they would bring."
  2. A good-for-nothing person. Ireland,endearing,sometimes
    — [A] fortunate accident […] happened to me when I was a very little boy. A good-hearted old Irish nurse (whom I shall not forget in my will) took me up one day by the heels, when I was making more noise than was necessary, and, swinging me round two or three times, d——d my eyes for "a skreeking little spalpeen," and then knocked my head into a cocked hat against the bed-post. This, I say, decided my fate, and made my fortune.

词形变化

spalpeens plural

词汇关系

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词源

A late 18th-century term, from Irish spailpín.
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