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pryssoon pl. pryssoonyn brig, gaol, glasshouse, jail, lock-up, penitentiary, prison: bee shiuish freilt ayns pryssoon Bible; clink
ayns pryssoon jailed: As tra v'ad er woalley ad dy dewil, hilg ad ad ayns pryssoon, as doardee ad yn wardoor dy reayll ad dy sauchey. Bible
clink bwoalley cling ass; cling; clingeragh; glig; carchar; pryssoon: He went to clink - Hie eh stiagh ayns pryssoon. DF idiom
glasshouse (n.) pryssoon, thie glonney
life sentence (n.) briwnys vea: He got a life sentence - Hooar eh briwnys vea. DF idiom; briwnys vioys, deyrey seihill, pryssoon seihill
broutagh bestial, brutal, brutish, ruffianly: Jeheiney, va Jewell deyrit dy cheau bea ayns pryssoon son goaill ben aeg er egin dy broutagh ayns Raad Victoria ayns Doolish. BS; savage; doggish
chionnraa protest: ghow Terence McSweeney, ard-veoir Chorcaigh, toshiaght dy hrostey ayns pryssoon Vrixton ayns Sostyn myr chionnraa noi yn stayd jeh'n phryssoon. Carn
currit (=Ir. curtha) allotted, placed, remitted, stationed: Nish erreish da Ean ve currit ayns pryssoon Bible; given
Dar ny niaughyn (intj) By heavens: va ny meoiryn custym ny lhie cooyl-chlea orroo, as dar ny niaughyn, ghow ad greim shickyr er nane jeusyn as va'n dooinney boght er ny choyrt stiagh ayns pryssoon. Dhoor
fer shoh (yn) this one: Cur-jee yn fer shoh ayns pryssoon, as jean-jee eh y veaghey lesh arran dy heaghyn, as lesh ushtey dy heaghyn, derrey hig-yms reesht ayns shee. Bible
geddyn ass derive: Cre'n cheeayll t'ou geddyn ass shoh? DF; get out, get forth: Ta mee cha shickyr ayns pryssoon: nagh voddym geddyn ass. Bible
keayrtagh (n.) caller, visitor: T'ee ny keayrtagh-pryssoon ayns Doolish BS; tripper; (adj.) circulating, occasional; periodic, touristic; visiting: Ooryn keayrtagh. DF
kennip (f.) (pl -yn) cannabis, hashish, pot: Lurg da prowal smuggleragh cocaine as kennip va feeu daeed as hoght meeilley jeig punt stiagh syn Ellan, hie dooinney voish Doolish er deyrey gys tree bleeaney as hoght mee ayns pryssoon. BS; hemp, rope-yarn
kerraghys penalty: mannagh vod ad geeck yn argid-whaiyl, bee ad er nyn goyrt ayns pryssoon; lhieusyn myr t'ad toilchin, bione mie daue yn kerraghys; nish, vel red erbee noa euish? Dhoor
ooilley cooidjagh all together: As hug eh ad ooilley cooidjagh ayns pryssoon three laa. Bible; utterly
scrodeyr screwdriver: Ayns ny bleeantyn kiare feed, cheau eh traa cosoylagh ayns pryssoon son saih immanagh-taksee bwoirrin lesh scrodeyr. BS
tostid (=Ir. tost) hush, incommunicativeness, lull, quietness, reticence, silence, tacitness, taciturnity: Cha nhegin da peiagh erbee ve currit ayns pryssoon raad ta rour soilshey, ny dorraghys, ny sheean, ny tostid ta cur er dy hurranse sy chione echey. Carn
voddagh 1 (dy) that could; 2 that might a: As hug ad eh ayns pryssoon, dy voddagh aigney yn Chiarn v’er ny hoilshaghey daue. Bible; 3 that should a: Son daag y Chiarn ad fo creoghys cree dy chaggey noi Israel, dy voddagh eh stroie ad dy bollagh Bible; 4 (interrog.) could a: voddagh fys ve ain son shickyrys, dy niarragh eh, Cur-jee lhieu nyn mraar sheese Bible
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