sleeveenn.

Brit.

/ˈsliːviːn/,

/sliːˈviːn/, U.S.

/ˈsliˌvin/,

/ˌsliˈvin/, Irish English

/ˈʃliːviːn/, Canadian English

/sləˈviːn/,

/ˌsliːˈviːn/

Forms: Also sleiveen, slieveen.

Etymology: < Irish slíghbhín, slíbhín sly person, trickster.

Irish English and Newfoundland.

An untrustworthy or cunning person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > cunning person

foxc1000

yepea1250

slies1297

wily-man1393

wilyc1400

sneck-drawer1402

piea1425

wily-piec1450

artificera1500

tod?a1513

Sim Subtlea1529

serpentinea1533

prata1542

wily beguile1550

wily-wat?1550

elfa1556

dog fox1609

saccularian1652

sly-cap1681

sly-boots1699

craftsmaster1717

scunge1824

sleeveen1834

chickaleary1869

sneck-draw1886

rusée1889

slypuss1942

1834 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 2nd Ser. 295 How the man was chated by a sleeveen vagabone.

1888 W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales 220 In trust took he John's lands,—Sleiveens were all his race.

1892 J. Barlow Irish Idylls viii. 215 He isn't the slieveen to be playin' fast and loose wid your dacint little slip of a girl.

1955 L. E. F. English Historic Newfoundland 36 Slieveen, a deceitful person.

a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 104 A thief, a fly-be-night, a sleeveen and a baucagh-shool.

1973 G. Pinsent Rowdyman 42 Mr. Lowe told Will all about his friendship with our father and about how decent a fellow he was, but that Will had ‘the looks of a sleeveen about him’.

1973 G. Pinsent Rowdyman 53 Well, I took my eyes off him for a half a second and that sleeveen jabbed me in the gut with two hard fingers.

1975 D. O'Sullivan in D. Marcus Best Irish Short Stories (1977) II. 95 ‘O, the crabbed, conniving little sleeveen.’ ‘She's up in London now, dancing in the Harp.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sleeveen
释义	sleeveenn. Brit. /ˈsliːviːn/, /sliːˈviːn/, U.S. /ˈsliˌvin/, /ˌsliˈvin/, Irish English /ˈʃliːviːn/, Canadian English /sləˈviːn/, /ˌsliːˈviːn/ Forms: Also sleiveen, slieveen. Etymology: < Irish slíghbhín, slíbhín sly person, trickster. Irish English and Newfoundland. An untrustworthy or cunning person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > cunning person foxc1000 yepea1250 slies1297 wily-man1393 wilyc1400 sneck-drawer1402 piea1425 wily-piec1450 artificera1500 tod?a1513 Sim Subtlea1529 serpentinea1533 prata1542 wily beguile1550 wily-wat?1550 elfa1556 dog fox1609 saccularian1652 sly-cap1681 sly-boots1699 craftsmaster1717 scunge1824 sleeveen1834 chickaleary1869 sneck-draw1886 rusée1889 slypuss1942 1834 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland 2nd Ser. 295 How the man was chated by a sleeveen vagabone. 1888 W. B. Yeats Fairy & Folk Tales 220 In trust took he John's lands,—Sleiveens were all his race. 1892 J. Barlow Irish Idylls viii. 215 He isn't the slieveen to be playin' fast and loose wid your dacint little slip of a girl. 1955 L. E. F. English Historic Newfoundland 36 Slieveen, a deceitful person. a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 104 A thief, a fly-be-night, a sleeveen and a baucagh-shool. 1973 G. Pinsent Rowdyman 42 Mr. Lowe told Will all about his friendship with our father and about how decent a fellow he was, but that Will had ‘the looks of a sleeveen about him’. 1973 G. Pinsent Rowdyman 53 Well, I took my eyes off him for a half a second and that sleeveen jabbed me in the gut with two hard fingers. 1975 D. O'Sullivan in D. Marcus Best Irish Short Stories (1977) II. 95 ‘O, the crabbed, conniving little sleeveen.’ ‘She's up in London now, dancing in the Harp.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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