Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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KNAWVSHAWLING
Construct:
Definition:
Quarrelling, finding fault with.
Use:
He's always knawshawling.
He's always quarrelling.
Derivation:
Irish 'Cnáimhseáil' - act of complaining, grumbling.
(Dinneen)
And see 'Knauvshauling' - grumbling, Irish 'Cnámh' - a bone, the jaw-bone.
(Joyce)
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