Posted by Murrisk on May 19, 2003 at 17:10:13: In Reply to: Re: For the ould stock.....a word for the weekend posted by Tempus on May 19, 2003 at 15:46:40:
The contexts I heard it used in implied someone who was small (& usually young), or slender, or slight of build. The word may be derived from the Irish for thread?
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