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spalpeen definitions

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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Irish spailpín seasonal laborer, rascal Date: 1767 chiefly Irish rascal

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Ir. 1 a rascal; a villain. 2 a youngster. Etymology: Ir. spailpín, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spalpeen Spal"peen, n. [Ir. spailpin, fr. spailp a beau, pride, self-conceit.] A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule. [Colloq.]