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mouse (n.) lonnag; lugh: As poor as a church mouse - Cha boght as lugh killagh. JJK idiom; lugheraght
mouse mat (n.) beshag-lugh
optical mouse (n.) lugh shilleydagh
young mouse (n.) jiarganagh
hoard (n.) prug; (v.) pruggal, stoyral, stoyrey, tashtey; stoyr; tasht: Hoard up miser and eat a little mouse - Tasht phrughag as ee lughag. DF idiom
miser (n.) gortagh, gortan, peajeog, sondagh; prughag: Store miser and eat little mouse - Tasht prughag as ee lughag. JJK idiom
store (n.) mart, prawg, prug; shapp, stoyr; (v.) stoyrail, stoyral, tashtey; tasht: Store miser and eat little mouse - Tasht prughag as ee lughag. JJK idiom
lugh (=Ir. luch) (f.) pl. lughee mouse: reddyn snauee y thallooin; yn assag, as y lugh, as y tortoise Bible
snaid (f.) 1 index, indicator, needle, pointer, style a: Ta'n snaid dy kinjagh sheeyney lesh yn twoaie. DF; 2 mouse pointer; 3 (of barometer) hand
poor boght: As poor as a church mouse - Cha boght as lugh killagh. JJK idiom; boghtey: The poor little things! - Ny cretooryn boghtey! DF idiom; moal, ymmyrchagh; moalley; (npl.) (the) boghtyn: He's very charitable towards the poor - T'eh feer feoilt gys ny boghtyn. JJK idiom; boghtynid
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