ooree

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Yola[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of anooree.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /uːˈɾiː/, /ðuːˈɾiː/

Pronoun[edit]

ooree

  1. another
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 32:
      A war cowdealeen wi ooree.
      They were scolding with one another.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 36:
      Draugh a ooree, or Draugh a thooree.
      Throw one another.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 60:
      Pa ooree.
      Upon each other.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60