muskawn

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Etymology

Borrowed from Irish meascán.

Pronunciation

Noun

muskawn

  1. A large heap or lump.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Muskawn of buthther.
      A large lump of butter.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58