Glarney
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glarney is a noun meaning (UK, dated) A kind of patterned glass marble in children's games.
Meaning
(UK, dated) A kind of patterned glass marble in children's games.
Example Sentences
As the word implies the glarneys were glass marbles, but no ball out of an old mineral-water bottle was ever dignified by receiving the name, though such balls were not despised possessions, and had the rank of twoers.
Word Forms
- glarneys
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glairin, ghoen, glaire, golly, gyrland, grout.
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