townie (put the ~ on me
towny n When an Irish emigrant was rebuked for wasting his time on a stranger and treating him with unusual hospitality, he would, in certain circumstances, be able to plead, "Sure, he _put the townie on me_," meaning the stranger had claimed to have come from the same county in the Old Co...
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| Language: | English |
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1976
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/79400 |
| Summary: | towny n When an Irish emigrant was rebuked for wasting his time on a stranger and treating him with unusual hospitality, he would, in certain circumstances, be able to plead, "Sure, he _put the townie on me_," meaning the stranger had claimed to have come from the same county in the Old Country. This feeling was strong with the early immigrants. DNE-cit GMS Dec 76 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I townsman, townie, fellow-townsman, corner boy, cribby, bayman |
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