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A dishonest person; a trickster, usually from a rural area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Newfoundland
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From Irish slíghbhín, slíbhín, with the same meaning; from sliabh (“mountain”) (hence the implication that the person is rural).
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
koijari
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Finnish:
sluibari
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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French:
escroc
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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French:
filou
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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French:
aigrefin
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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French:
fripon
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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French:
larron
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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French:
chevalier d'industrie
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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French:
tricheur
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Irish:
slíghbhín
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Irish:
slíbhín
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Italian:
truffatore
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Italian:
mariolo
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Italian:
farabutto
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Italian:
imbroglione
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Italian:
sbarazzino
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Italian:
birichino
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Russian:
обма́нщик
(obmánščik)
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Russian:
обма́нщица
(obmánščica)
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
ratero
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
timador
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
petardista
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
estafador
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
caballero de industria
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
pícaro
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
bribón
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
tunante
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
truhán
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
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Spanish:
taimado
— dishonest person; trickster, sly, disingenuous
