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▸ noun:  (Ireland, UK) An allegory for a backward rural society.

Similar:
bonham, boneen, paddyland, piet, New Inn, haggart, shamrockery, puckaun, pogue, Palatine, more...

Opposite:
elephants in room, open secret, unspoken issue

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Similar:
bonham, boneen, paddyland, piet, New Inn, haggart, shamrockery, puckaun, pogue, Palatine, more...

Opposite:
elephants in room, open secret, unspoken issue



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