drisheen

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Ireland/dɹɪʃiːn/

noun

A type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.

OriginIrish drisín →
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Meanings

noundrisheen (plural drisheens)

plural drisheens

  1. IrelandA type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.

    Mr Dedalus had ordered drisheens for breakfast and during the meal he crossexamined the waiter for local news.

    1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, section 86

Origin

  1. Irishdrisín
  2. Irishdrisín
  3. Englishdrisheen

Borrowed from Irish drisín.

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APA

drisheen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drisheen

MLA

“drisheen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drisheen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drisheen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drisheen.

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