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Meaning of slane | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
sleɪn

Definitions

  1. A town in County Meath, Ireland.
  2. A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
    Ireland
  3. A surname.

Examples

“Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.”

CEFR level

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

Slaney Slang slang-whanger slangdom slanger Slangerup

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