Dublinese

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proper noun

The dialect spoken in Dublin.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The dialect spoken in Dublin.

    ...he found her flat Dublinese as difficult to navigate, but by the end of that night language had lost meaning...

    2008, Anna McPartlin, Apart from the Crowd
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    His spicy language is both best-quality Dublinese in the style of John Joyce and that of James Joyce the accomplished parodist.

    1972, Hélène Cixous, The exile of James Joyce

    When Beckett arrived one of the first surprises was his Dublin accent; but Lennon was also somewhat taken aback by the idiomatic Dublinese of his discourse...

    1999, Anthony Cronin, Isaac Cronin, Samuel Beckett: The Last Modernist

    Neighbours would strain to hear if the fast passionate arguments were being conducted in Italian or high-speed Dublinese.

    2002, Sarah Hartley, Mrs P's journey: the remarkable story of the woman who created the A-Z map

Origin

From Dublin + -ese.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Dublinese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dublinese

MLA

“Dublinese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dublinese. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dublinese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dublinese.

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