crookeen

Yola

Alternative forms

• crooken

Etymology

From Middle English crokynge. Equivalent to curk +‎ -een.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾuːˈkiːn/

Noun

crookeen

1. crossness, peevishness
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:

     Y'oure w' thee crookeen, an yie mee thee hoane.

     Give over your crossness, and give me your hand.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32