A slang term for a wheelbarrow, playing on stereotypes of Irish labor and construction work in the 19th century. The expression reflects the historical association of Irish immigrant workers with manual labor and building projects in Britain and North America. The term is now considered an ethnic slur and is rarely used without awareness of its offensive and demeaning origins.
The foreman pointed to the Irish buggy and told him to start moving the rubble.
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A slang term for a wheelbarrow — historically used in British and American English, often in the context of construction, manual labour, and working-class humour. The name plays on ethnic stereotypes from the 19th century when Irish immigrants dominated navvy and construction work in Britain and the US. It's a relic of that era's casual prejudice, now primarily of historical or linguistic interest rather than active use.
Load up the Irish buggy and get that rubble shifted before the foreman comes back.
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(slang) A wheelbarrow.
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