cooan
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Yola
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English can, from Old English canne.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cooan (plural cooanès)
- can (container)
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:
- At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.
- That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.
References
[edit]- 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 100