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Meaning of glarney | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A kind of patterned glass marble in children's games.

UK, dated

Examples

“As the word implies the glarneys were glass marbles, but no ball out of an old mineral-water bottle was ever dignified by receiving the name, though such balls were not despised possessions, and had the rank of twoers.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Glarus Glary Glas Glasbury Glasco Glascock

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