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boreen bo-REEN noun a narrow country road 1902North, South and Over the Sea '...A very rich man lives there,' says he, 'an' I think the quarthers 'ull suit me. You can go down that little boreen to the left,' he says; 'there's a little cabin there that belongs to some poor fellow or other….'1996Angela's Ashes...I go up the boreen to the Norman castle at Carrigogunnell…Labels: Frank McCourt, M. E. Francis
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