Irish Slang

expression. "I say" e.g. "Jeez boy, thon's some size of a house"

To take a long time.

"the dinner is taking ages"

schtoor

When someone is supposed to be working but is just laying around generally wasting time.

That bi ther is ridin out the day hi.

Ornamental area around a fireplace

15 minutes beforehand. e.g. "I'm running late, I'll probably not see yez before a quarter til"

Pronounced "like"

Generally used needlessly in a sentence, generally at the end.

Example

"That was great crack like"

"Did you honestly do that like?"

an undetermined amount, several, a few e.g "Hi Boy, give us a wheen o' them biscuits over to go with me tay(tea), would ye"

be quiet, shut up, nonsense

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