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English
Etymology
From Irish slíghbhín, slíbhín, with the same meaning; from sliabh (“mountain”) (hence the implication that the person is rural).
Pronunciation
Noun
sleiveen (plural sleiveens)
- (Ireland, Newfoundland) A dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area.
1889, WB Yeats, The Ballad of Father O'Hart:In trust he took John's lands; / Sleiveens were all his race
2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 298:You blackened, filthy sleeveen liar. I curse the living day I ever let you near me.
Translations
dishonest person; trickster
- Finnish: koijari (fi), sluibari (fi)
- French: escroc (fr), filou (fr), aigrefin (fr), fripon (fr), larron (fr), chevalier d’industrie (fr), tricheur (fr)
- Irish: slíghbhín, slíbhín
- Italian: truffatore (it), mariolo (it), farabutto (it), imbroglione (it), sbarazzino (it), birichino (it)
- Russian: обма́нщик (ru) m (obmánščik), обма́нщица (ru) f (obmánščica)
- Spanish: ratero (es), timador (es), petardista, estafador (es), caballero de industria, pícaro (es), bribón (es), tunante (es), truhán (es), taimado (es)
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