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Spalpeen
Translation of "spalpeen" into Russian
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spalpeen
Noun
UK
/spɑːlˈpiːn/
US
/spælˈpin/
A rascal or mischievous person, often used to describe a young boy.
The old man chuckled as he watched the spalpeen sneak an extra cookie from the jar.
(historical, Ireland) An itinerant agricultural labourer or seasonal worker, typically poor and landless.
During the famine many spalpeens wandered from county to county in search of work.