单词 | ruaille buaille |
释义 | ruaille buaillen. Irish English. Commotion, uproar; rowdiness; a state of confused or noisy disorder. Cf. ree-raw n. ΚΠ 1885 tr. in Dublin Univ. Rev. Oct. 217 I'd make a roolya-boolya, With my Shan Van Vocht. 1899 S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 26 About midnight poor Murroghoo-beg hears the roolie-boolie and helter-skelter, and in comes a whole rajimint of cats. 1952 Sligo (Ireland) Champion 12 July 7 In a ruaille buaille about allotting houses.., a member, who had taken the floor for the umpteenth time was being reprimanded for his fondness of butting in on every question. 1993 T. Murphy Thief of Christmas i, in Plays: 2 176 We'll have the night of it... We'll have the roolyeh-boolyeh, we will, in faith! 2019 Irish Times (Nexis) 14 Sept. (Saturday Mag. section) 25 American teen movies..invest the proms with teenagers looking like glamorous Hollywood stars... It's not like that in the Irish cultural versions which are a lot rowdier with a lot more exuberance [and]..ruaille buaille. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1885 |
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