Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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SLATES, AWAY FOR
Construct:
Definition:
To be happy, comfortable, satisfied.
Use:
He away for slates now that he has a job.
He's O.K. now that he has a job.
Derivation:
Unknown, but possibly a corruption of slate, hence free of debt.
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