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Definition of Spalpeens
1. spalpeen [n] - See also: spalpeen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spalpeens
Literary usage of Spalpeens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"'"Bad luck to them for spalpeens that they didn't hang him," said another. "
If we had the country all to ourselves now, I know how it would be I" '" Some ..."
2. Course in Modern Production Methods by Business Training Corporation (1921)
"When the furnaces were reached, Kelly called out to them: 'Get to work, you
spalpeens, what are you doing here? Begorra, the little boss just hit from the ..."
3. Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811 by Louis Simond (1815)
"provements, he had lived hi a house without shutters, bolts, or bars, and half
full of spalpeens, yet never lost the least trifle, nor has he met with any ..."
4. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, George Cruikshank (1839)
"Perhaps, however, you will not even yet know what sort of people the spalpeens
may be ? For your enlightenment, therefore, I must inform you that they are, ..."
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