sleeveen

It isn't any wonder at all that a child would be a liar and a sleeveen and a trampler of the roads with the first man that nods to her when her mother is a foolish person that she can't trust.

Mary, Mary James Stephens 1916

The sleeveen gained upon me, however, and I did get fond of him, and tould him to speak to my father, and so he did, and they met once or twice to make the match; but, ah, miss, every one has their troubles.

The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

It's a near 800-page collection of centuries 'worth of local words and phrases, like jillick and jimmy-jar; slawm and sleeveen.

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Every year, dozens of sleeveen employers try to get rid of people by giving them redundancy, and every year the EAT gives them a horrible surprise.

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"Silence, you hypocritical sleeveen, don't think you'll crawl up my wrist -- as you do up M'Clutchy's and M'Slime's.

Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831