priesteen
(ˈpriːˌstiːn)
[f. priest n.; see -een2.]
Anglo-Irish diminutive of priest n.
| 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World i. 23 ‘It isn't fitting,’ says the priesteen, ‘to have his likeness lodging with an orphaned girl.’ 1912 Joyce Let. 19 Aug. (1966) II. 304 Can your friend in the sodawater factory or the priesteen write my verses? 1922 ― Ulysses 212 The quaker's pate godlily with a priesteen in booktalk. |