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- adjective slang, Ireland
old , aged, long-established
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Examples
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'Tis too many of their tails I've twisted in ould Ireland, to run from wan in Ameriky –
The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize 1914
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Lord id be plased to call the ould people out of the way into glory!
The Purcell Papers 2003
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Theres a bargain, sir, your Reverence, made atween thim; an the divil, sir, that is, the ould boythe saints about us!
The Lianhan Shee 1921
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Reverence, made atween thim; an 'the divil, sir, that is, the ould boy -- the saints about us!
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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In the "ould" ancient days, South and North Main Streets formed the chief thoroughfare through the city, and hence of course they derived their names.
Castle Richmond Anthony Trollope 1848
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"It do make my heart ache to see such pretty open-work as that a-burned by the flames -- not that ornamental night-rails can be much use to a 'ould' ooman like I.
Jude the Obscure 1896
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"It do make my heart ache to see such pretty open-work as that a-burned by the flames -- not that ornamental night-rails can be much use to a 'ould' ooman like I.
Jude the Obscure 1894
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Things ould be no better or worse if radios were shared between carriers.
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The first pic shows what ould happen if the nuke had no effect on the timeline, Jin and Sun are not together, Miles is still NOT on the "right" side as he was warned by the guys in the van and Sawyer ends up with Kate in either reality.
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September 10th, 2009 at 4: 02 pm ould have been a sufficiently organized information processing system such as the universe itself,
Another Look 2009
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