(Ireland, historical) A regiment raised in Poolbeg, Dublin which embarked in 1781 to Jamaica to serve in the American Revolutionary War.
(Ireland, historical) A regiment raised in Poolbeg, Dublin which embarked in 1781 to Jamaica to serve in the American Revolutionary War.
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(Northern Ireland, historical, informal) A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
(archaic, Ireland) A fight; a brawl.
Scottish diminutive for the linnet (Linaria cannabina), a small finch whose melodious song made it a favourite caged bird. In Scots poetry and song, 'lintie' is a fond term of endearment for a sweet-voiced woman or child, as in Burns's 'bonnie wee lintie'. Now mainly literary and nostalgic in register.
(US) A house finch (), of North America.
(US, British) A loose thread of a naval or military uniform; also the loose end of any knot not tied properly.