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spalpeen

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spal⋅peen

[spal-peen, spal-peen]
–noun Irish English.
1. a lad or boy.
2. a rascal; scamp.

Origin:
1770–80; < Ir spailpín seasonal hired laborer, rude person, scamp, equiv. to spailp spell, bout, turn + -ín n. suffix
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