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Meaning of sleiveen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈsliːviːn

Definitions

A dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area.

Ireland, Newfoundland

Equivalents

Español bribón caballero de industria estafador petardista pícaro ratero taimado timador truhan tunante
Suomi filuri koijari
Français aigrefin chevalier d'industrie escroc filou fripon larron tricheur
Gaeilge slíbhín
Italiano birichino farabutto imbroglione mariolo sbarazzino truffatore
Русский обма́нщик обма́нщица

Examples

“In trust he took John's lands; / Sleiveens were all his race”
“You blackened, filthy sleeveen liar. I curse the living day I ever let you near me.”

CEFR level

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

Slemp Slender slender cypress pine slender loris slender moa slender poison

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