Ree-raw
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ree-raw is an adjective meaning (Ireland) untidy; chaotic; disordered.
Meaning
(Ireland) untidy; chaotic; disordered.
Example Sentences
There was something cynical in his ree-raw independence. It was unlike what he had been used to, and its savagery suited with his bitter and unsociable mood of late.
The Captain John Kelly here named also owned Mount Pelia and Castle Kelly, in the county of Dublin, and afterwards had a fine ree-raw Irish place, called Larch Hill, […]
She was a complete bar to Harry's improvement; his room was no longer neat, as his English landlady had kept it: it was, to use an expressive Irish phrase, always "Ree-raw," and Mrs. O'Reardon herself was a source of perpetual amusement […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include untidy, messy, dishevelled, wild, raggle-taggle, chaotic.
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