(UK, dialect, obsolete) A minnow.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A minnow.
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(Ireland) A little fish; especially the minnow, .
An Irish term for a small fish — specifically the minnow, but used more broadly for any tiny, insignificant fish. Extended figuratively to describe an insignificant or unimportant person: someone too small to matter. The diminutive '-een' suffix is characteristically Irish, adding a sense of smallness.
Any of certain small fish.
(UK, dialect) The hedge sparrow.
(Ireland) An insignificant person.