Meanings
plural sorras
- IrelandScotlandcountabledialectaluncountablesorrow
- IrelandScotlanddialectalnary (a); no; not one
Sorra a bite she ates but she drinks the mixture with it.
1879, Chambers's Journal, volume 56, number 2, page 5891 more example
'Sorra a friend I have - sorra a friend, Masther Richard; and I did not spake to the priest this year or more, and I darn't go near him,' said the poor Palmerstown lass that was once so merry.
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
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