Doolann.
/ˈduːlən/, U.S. /ˈdulən/, New Zealand English /ˈduːlən/ New Zealand slang.
A Roman Catholic; an Irish Catholic.
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Doolan1940
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Mickey Doolan1972
1940 F. 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.
1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 186 She'll have me a doolan yet, Father.
1963 B. Pearson Coal Flat iv. 63 They had called him ‘the Doolan bugger’—Doolan on their tongues meant an Irish Catholic.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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