What does mavourneen mean?
Mavourneen means (Ireland) darling, sweetheart.
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/məˈvʊəniːn/ · noun
(Ireland) darling, sweetheart.
1850 (approx.), Anonymous, Finnegan's Wake Biddy O'Brien began to cry "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? "Arrah, Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?" "Ah, shut your gob," said Paddy McGee!
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Mavourneen means (Ireland) darling, sweetheart.
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1850 (approx.), Anonymous, Finnegan's Wake Biddy O'Brien began to cry "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? "Arrah, Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?" "Ah, shut your gob," said Paddy McGee!
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