clugercheen

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English clicchinge. Compare English clutch (“group, bunch”). The middle <-ger-> may be derived from the second <c>, as if pronounced /ˈklik.t͡ʃing/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klʊɡiːˈt͡ʃiːn/

Noun

clugercheen

1. flock, clutch, crowd
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 9, page 88:

     A clugercheen gother: all, ing pile an in heep,

     A crowd gathered up: all, in pile and in heap,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 30