Meanings
nounasthore (plural asthores)
plural asthores
- treasure (as a term of endearment)
"Ah, then, Jack asthore," says he [the ass].
1866, Patrick Kennedy, “Jack and His Comrades”, in Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts1 more example
And there she was right enough, that lovely sight enough, the girleen bawn asthore, as for days galore, of planxty Gregory.
1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC
Origin
From Irish Gaelic a ("oh") + stór ("treasure").
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