Etymology

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Today it means: An item of clothing that is in tatters or ribbons. Full definition →

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This word has its origins in the 19th-century English spoken in county Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, where the local people are believed to possess the largest lexicon of both English and Gaelic in Ireland.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.