Meaning of Urinal of the Planets | Babel Free
Definitions
Derogatory name for Ireland: an island and country in northwestern Europe.
UK, derogatory, obsolete, rare
Examples
“A writer on British slavery later explained that the denigration was deserved because Ireland's wet⟳ climate made her “The Urinal of the Planets.” (For a similar Irish slur on an Englishman, see⟳ twiss.)”
“'I thought you would have⟳ preferred to have⟳ been with them in that stinking urinal of the planets, looking for bog-oranges.' Kempe's sympathy towards the plight of the Irish was well known, and he had no sympathisers here tonight.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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