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crubeen Anglo-Irish|kruːˈbiːn, ˈkruːbiːn|
[ad. Irish crúibín, dim. of crúb claw, hoof, paw.]
The foot of an animal; esp. a (cooked) pig's foot.
1847W. H. Gregory Paddiana II. 95 Did ye ever see a pair of crubeens like them? 1907G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island iv. 81 It [sc. the pig] put in the fourth speed wid its right crubeen as if it was enthered for the Gordn Bennett [car race]. 1922Joyce Ulysses 144 Florence MacCabe takes a crubeen and a bottle of double X for supper every Saturday. 1970M. Kenyon 100,000 Welcomes xii. 96 ‘No crubeens’, said Rafferty, fingering the groceries... ‘All I wanted was crubeens.’ |