Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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POOLEY
Construct:
Noun
Definition:
Urine.
Use:
To do one's pooley.
To urinate.
Derivation:
Unknown, possibly a corruption of 'Fual' - urine.
(Dinneen)
. And note 'Pooley' - urine (Ireland and West Cumbria).
(Wright)
. And note '. . . . When you lot were putting volumes of pooley through your mother's apron'.
(O'Mahony)
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