yalpeen

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Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English yelpinge.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yalpeen

  1. spewing, vomiting
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, page 86:
      More trolleen, an yalpeen, an moulteen away.
      More rolling and spewing, and pining away.

References

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  • 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 79