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单词 boneen
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boneenn.

Brit. /ˈbɒniːn/, U.S. /ˈbɑˌnin/, Irish English /ˈbɑniːn/
Inflections: Plural boneens, unchanged.
Forms: 1800s bonneen, 1800s bonyeen, 1800s– boneen.
Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish bainbhín.
Etymology: < Irish bainbhín (19th cent. or earlier) < banbh young pig (Early Irish banb ; cognate with Welsh banw , in the same sense, further etymology unknown) + -ín -een suffix2.
Originally and chiefly Irish English. Now rare.
A young pig. Cf. bonham n.
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1827 Kaleidoscope 23 Oct. 135/1 The sight of a rale boy, from the wilds and fastnesses of Connemara, crossing the briny wave to seek for the price of the boneen and the rent against Lady Day.
1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley II. lxxxv. 95 ‘What's that you have dragging there behind you?’ ‘A boneen, sir’.
1875 Shamrock 3 Apr. 430/1 Are you countin' the bristles on the bonyeens, Danny?
1911 Jrnl. County Kildare Archæol. Soc. 6 537 Rut,..the smallest bonneen in the litter.
1948 E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxx. 93 A sow with nine boneen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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