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sláimín
sláimín go bhean, a slovenly untidy "clot" of a woman; sláimín Saturday, a lazy bad housekeeper who leaves all her work, washing etc., over till Saturday.
samhlaigh
tá an intinn chéanna ag a' bhfear thoir agus ní shamhlóchá leis é, he has the same disposition (he'd take a knife to you) and you'd never think it of him
nimheadóir
nimheadóir bradach, a sour fellow who won't take fun or a joke
fuarthas
nach mór a fuarthas thú, hadn't you the "neck", the "cheek"
conráiteach
tá sé conráiteach go maith, troublesome
comhráidhteach
c. maith, a good conversationalist
stráiméad
a big lazy fellow
búst
a thick ill-mannered fellow, a surly boor
comh-dheasach
ambi-dexterous
crosta
bó chrost', a "wicked" cow. bold, ill-mannered (of children)
coirbhthe
fear coirbthí, a cross man, would jump at you; tá sé coirbthí inniú, níl aon ghráinne tobac aige cross, short-tempered
aidhbheirseoir
devil
pointeáiltí
exact, tight in money matters, (even) mean
gnaitheach/gnóthach
busy
Tá muinín agam asam féin
I'm confident in myself