Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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LINE, DOING A
Construct:
Verb
Definition:
Keeping company.
Use:
He's doing a line.
He is keeping company.
Derivation:
Possibly Frnch 'Ligner' - to copulate.
(Concise Oxford Dictionary)
'Be lined' (1909) - to be married (generally of women).
(Partridge)
A marriage certificate, the banns of marriage.
(Wright)
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