Complete Definition of "shaughraun"

English

Etymology
Irish seachrán.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'��:xr�:/, /'��:xr�:n/

Noun
en-noun

  1. (Anglo-Irish, Canadian) a wanderer, a vagabond
  2. (Anglo-Irish, Canadian) a state of travelling or wandering

#:*1922: We�ll paralyse Europe as Ignatius Gallaher used to say when he was on the shaughraun, doing billiardmaking in the Clarence. � James Joyce, Ulysses

ru:shaughraun

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