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colleen

1

[ kol-een, ko-leen ]

noun

  1. an Irish girl.


Colleen

2

[ kol-een, ko-leen ]

noun

  1. a female given name: from an Irish word meaning “girl.â€

colleen

/ kɒˈliËn; ˈkÉ’liËn /

noun

  1. an Irish word for girl
  2. an Irish girl
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of colleen1

1820–30; < Irish ³¦²¹¾±±ôí²Ô, equivalent to caile girl, wench + -í²Ô diminutive suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of colleen1

C19: from Irish Gaelic ³¦²¹¾±±ôí²Ô a girl, a young unmarried woman
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One Irishman observed bitterly: “The colleens who found jobs in the kitchens of the wealthy were called ‘pot-wallopers,’ ‘biddies,’ and kitchen canaries.

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“If you were to fight a battle,†said Gawaine, but he left out about the colleens, “you might fed better.â€

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Wilmington described O’Hara as “Hollywood’s ultimate fiery colleen, she has a classic chiseled Irish beauty and a thinly strapped temper that erupted smashingly into scathing tantrums or round-house rights.â€

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And the neighbours all pity the colleen so pretty,

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The Hitch The inhabitants of a neighboring barren, windswept Irish island want parts in it, including the play’s misshapen title character and a sociopathic colleen named Slippy Helen.

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