come-all-ye

noun

A come-all-you; a popular Irish ballad.

Meanings

nouncome-all-ye (plural come-all-ye's or come-all-yes)

plural come-all-ye's · plural come-all-yes

  1. IrelandderogatorysometimesA come-all-you; a popular Irish ballad.

Origin

As come-all-you, with Hiberno-English second-person plural pronoun ye.

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

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