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traneen Irish.|trəˈniːn|
Also trau-, traw-, thra-, thrawneen.
[Anglicized spelling of Ir. traithnín, trathnan, a little stalk of grass (O'Reilly).]
The crested dog's-tail grass, Cynosurus cristatus. (Often taken as the type of something of little or no value: cf. rush n.1 2).
[1808J. White Ess. Grasses Irel. 154 (Britt. and Holl. Plant-n.) Trathnin.] 1837S. Lover Rory O'More ii, You dare n't stand before any one with sich a thraneen as that in your fist. 1839W. Carleton Fardorougha iii, It's a bargin..I don't care a trawneen. 1842S. C. Hall Ireland II. 74 She never cared a traneen for him, soul or body, and went off with a richer man. 1884Lays & Leg. N. Irel. 20 Sorra a thrawneen you'll get from us more. 1899Blackw. Mag. Mar. 572 But she'd not a traneen to her fortune. |