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  • Sinn Féiners: Irish republicans, members of the political party Sinn Féin or adherents of that party's policies
  • Fie, foh and fum: Shakespeare, King Lear 3:4:187: "Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man", contrasting the British with the the Irish Sinn Féiners
  • fawning: unctuous, anxious to please → the fawning customers in HCE's pub