Dictionary Entry

Cuir i gcás bhí sé ag ithe fataí agus ní hé an chaoi a raibh sé dhá n-ithe as éadan bhí sé ag ithe ceann sa turas nó bhí sé ag leagan cártaí ag leagan a chuid amach na gcártaí agus bhí sé ag leagan ceann sa turas.

Suppose he was eating potatoes and it’s not that he was eating them all at once, he was eating one at a time, or he was laying out cards, laying out his cards, and he was laying out one at a time.