graabache

Yola

Alternative forms

• graapish

Etymology

From Middle English *grabage. The variant graapish is influenced by English garbage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾɔːˈbɔːt͡ʃ/, /ɡɾɔːˈpɪʃ/

Noun

graabache

1. garbage, dirty trash, stale victuals
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Adee! well zide, stuggoone, an thee raste o' graabache.

     Ha! well said, (with thy) bad bread, and thy rest of garbage.

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 42