| 释义 |
Doolan, doolan N.Z. slang.|ˈduːlən|
[Prob. f. the Irish surname Doolan.]
A Roman Catholic; an Irish Catholic.
1940F. Sargeson Man & Wife (1944) 19 It sounded pretty awful to me, that sort of praying. Because I'm a Doolan myself, and Mrs Bowman [who was doing the praying] was always down on the churches. 1947D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 186 She'll have me a doolan yet, Father. 1963B. Pearson Coal Flat iv. 63 They had called him ‘the Doolan bugger’—Doolan on their tongues meant an Irish Catholic. |