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(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant, derogatory, rare) Ireland.

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Urinal of the Planets

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Urinal of the Planets

Britain derogatory obsolete rare

(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant, derogatory, rare) Ireland.

Japanese Meaning

英国で使われた時代遅れの盗賊の隠語で、侮蔑的かつ希少な表現としてアイルランドを指す言葉

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In obsolete British thieves' cant, Urinal of the Planets was used as a rare, derogatory name for Ireland.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

かつての英国の盗人語では、その語は稀な蔑称としてアイルランドを指すものとして記録されていた。

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(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant, derogatory, rare) Ireland.

A writer on British slavery later explained that the denigration was deserved because Ireland's wet climate made her “The Urinal of the Planets.” (For a similar Irish slur on an Englishman, see twiss.) Ireland is perhaps the only[…]

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