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Definition of Shoneen
1. Noun. (''Anglo-Irish, derogatory'') One who prefers English attitudes, customs or lifestyle to Irish ones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoneen
1. an Irishman who mimics the English [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoneen
Literary usage of Shoneen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Trial of the Queen: At the Prosecution of the Rt. Hon. the by Charles Stewart Parnell, Ireland Court of King's Bench (1881)
"Feel yourselves men ; not looking to every little shoneen of a landlord in this
country above all. On every estate let the tenants band together there. ..."
2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1889)
"One does not walk half enough in Ireland; the "shoneen" (sham gentleman) looks
down on the practice, and so a walking tourist is, in many parts, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1830)
"Sir, never heed them ; my mother, Sir, has some of what you know- of the flitch
I brought to shoneen on last ..."
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