nabocklesh
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[edit]Interjection
[edit]nabocklesh
- (Ireland) Alternative form of nabocklish
- 1837, Thomas O. McLoughlin, The Works of Thomas M'Loughlin, page 160:
- Can nature men thus reconcile To misrule which doth most beguile? Nabocklesh! how did Tiger home return? Return? quite easy with young
- 1851, William Joseph O'Neill Daunt, The gentleman in debt, page 10:
- I feel it borne in upon my heart some way, that that man can't have luck — Nabocklesh !
- 1913, Francis O'Neill, Irish Minstrels and Musicians:
- Is it thrue, 'Paddy,' that you wor sint down to Errigle Keerogue to kill the clocks for 'Dan' McMahon? But nabocklesh!