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* '''kween:''' (''Dtuch'') a barren cow
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* '''prankquean:''' Grace O'Malley, or Granuaile, the Irish Sea Queen. Joyce originally called her the '''prankwench'''. See [[It was of a night]] for further details → [[ALP]] (the name ''Anna'' comes from the Hebrew word for ''Grace'')
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=goto&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&isize=M&submit=Go+to+page&page=238 Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160302&q1=Prankquean Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=goto&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=M&submit=Go+to+page&page=58 A First-Draft Version of Finnegans Wake]
  
*'''quean:''' (16th-17th century English) a strumpet, harlot, or whore
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* '''praushkeen:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') a coarse apron worn while sowing or gathering potatoes, etc
  
* Prig Queen
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* '''práiscín:''' (''Irish'') a coarse apron, especially one with many pockets; a shoemaker's apron; a rag; a clout; a bag containing potato sets for planting
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* '''Brangäne:''' Isolde’s maid and mother-figure → [[ALP]]
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* '''prank:''' trick, practical joke; frolic
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* '''prank:''' to dress or adorn showily; to prink; to show off
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* '''quean:''' (''archaic'') a strumpet, harlot, whore; a woman of worthless character; a saucy girl
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* '''queen'''
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* '''kween:''' (''Dutch'') a barren cow
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* '''Prig Queen'''
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[[Category:Irish phrases]]
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Latest revision as of 11:25, 8 August 2012

  • praushkeen: (Anglo-Irish) a coarse apron worn while sowing or gathering potatoes, etc
  • práiscín: (Irish) a coarse apron, especially one with many pockets; a shoemaker's apron; a rag; a clout; a bag containing potato sets for planting
  • Brangäne: Isolde’s maid and mother-figure → ALP
  • prank: trick, practical joke; frolic
  • prank: to dress or adorn showily; to prink; to show off
  • quean: (archaic) a strumpet, harlot, whore; a woman of worthless character; a saucy girl
  • queen
  • kween: (Dutch) a barren cow
  • Prig Queen