stuggoone

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish stagún (“a lazy fellow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʊˈɡuːn/

Noun

stuggoone

1. An idle, ill-bred person.

   Synonym: slouk

   • 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 70