culchien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌltʃi/, U.S.

/ˈkəltʃi/, Irish English

/ˈkʌltʃi/

Forms: Also culchee, culshie.

Etymology: Apparently alteration of Kiltimagh, Irish Coillte Mach (older Mághach), the name of a country town in Co. Mayo.

Anglo-Irish slang (often mildly derogatory).

One who lives in or comes from a rural area; a (simple) countryman or -woman, a provincial, a rustic. (Chiefly in Dublin use, of people from any other part of Ireland.) Also attributive or as adj.

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > of a specific country > Irish

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [adjective] > specifically Irish

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1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 240 ‘That's it,’ said I over my shoulder to him, ‘you're coming on a very bright boy—for a Culchie.’

1975 Irish Times 9 May 1/4 He looked confused and puzzled for a moment, muttered, ‘Bloody culchies,’ and took off in the direction of Clontarf.

1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Jan. 57/4 A tiny figure in black..shouting ‘Up de rebels’. The reader may be surprised to find Lady Gregory pronouncing English in this culchee way.

1982 M. Binchy Light Penny Candle iii. xiv. 309 Oh, nothing as bad as a culchie wedding I always say.

1982 P. McGinley Goosefoot ii. 22 ‘I'm..new to the town, just up from the country.’ ‘Don't worry about that. I'm a culshie too.’

1986 B. Geldof Is that It? iii. 26 We Dublin boys called the country pupils ‘culchies’, which they hated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	culchie
释义	culchien.adj. Brit. /ˈkʌltʃi/, U.S. /ˈkəltʃi/, Irish English /ˈkʌltʃi/ Forms: Also culchee, culshie. Etymology: Apparently alteration of Kiltimagh, Irish Coillte Mach (older Mághach), the name of a country town in Co. Mayo. Anglo-Irish slang (often mildly derogatory). One who lives in or comes from a rural area; a (simple) countryman or -woman, a provincial, a rustic. (Chiefly in Dublin use, of people from any other part of Ireland.) Also attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > of a specific country > Irish frieze-coat1845 culchie1958 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [adjective] > specifically Irish culchie1978 1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 240 ‘That's it,’ said I over my shoulder to him, ‘you're coming on a very bright boy—for a Culchie.’ 1975 Irish Times 9 May 1/4 He looked confused and puzzled for a moment, muttered, ‘Bloody culchies,’ and took off in the direction of Clontarf. 1978 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Jan. 57/4 A tiny figure in black..shouting ‘Up de rebels’. The reader may be surprised to find Lady Gregory pronouncing English in this culchee way. 1982 M. Binchy Light Penny Candle iii. xiv. 309 Oh, nothing as bad as a culchie wedding I always say. 1982 P. McGinley Goosefoot ii. 22 ‘I'm..new to the town, just up from the country.’ ‘Don't worry about that. I'm a culshie too.’ 1986 B. Geldof Is that It? iii. 26 We Dublin boys called the country pupils ‘culchies’, which they hated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1958
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