boreen (plural boreens)
(Ireland) A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland.
• "Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by." — "Star of the County Down", traditional folk song
• Boerne, borene, enrobe
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22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
