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polthogue Ir. colloq.|pɒlˈtəʊg, -ˈəʊx|
Also palthogue.
[f. Ir. palltóg.]
A blow with the fist; a thump or punch.
1830W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry ii. 59 John Grimes hot him a palthoge on the sconce wid the but-end of a gun. c1874D. Boucicault in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1969) II. 181 Be jabers, I'd have liked to see in your face when you got that polthogue in the gob. 1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 25 Faix, there's a polthogue will knock sinse into yez. 1899S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 164 He draws the flail one polthogue at the lad in the door and just barely missed him. |