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Meaning of mavourneen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/məˈvʊəniːn/

Definitions

darling, sweetheart

Ireland

Examples

“1850 (approx.), Anonymous, Finnegan's Wake Biddy O'Brien began to cry "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? "Arrah, Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?" "Ah, shut your gob," said Paddy McGee!”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

mavournin Mavridis mavrilimumab mavrodaphne Mavrud Maw