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shoneen

(ˈʃoːniːn)
n
Irish an Irishman who imitates English ways
[C19: from Irish Gaelic Seoinín, diminutive of Seon John (taken as typical English name)]
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'The most shoneen town in Ireland': Galway in 1916.
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