Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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JORUM
Construct:
Noun
Definition:
A drink (of alcohol).
Use:
Have a jorum!
Have a drink.
Derivation:
'Jorum' - large drinking bowl, perhaps from jorum.
(Concise Oxford Dictionary)
'Shelta' - yorum, milk, hence a drink.
(MacAlister)
'Jorum' - a drinking bowl (a large wine jar).
(Partridge)
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