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English
Etymology
From Irish Gaelic a ("oh") + stór ("treasure").
Noun
asthore (plural asthores)
- treasure (as a term of endearment)
1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC:And there she was right enough, that lovely sight enough, the girleen bawn asthore, as for days galore, of planxty Gregory.
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