Definitions
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- noun a pin badge worn to show fluency in, or a willingness to speak, the Irish language.
Etymologies
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Borrowing from Irish fáinne ("ring").
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Examples
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* fainne to show you speak as gaeilge or even if you can't you've no problem being cornered in a pub and lectured on thierry henry as geailge.
Indymedia Ireland N.G.A. 2009
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