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* '''at all, at all:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') a phrase which is repeated several times throughout FW | * '''at all, at all:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') a phrase which is repeated several times throughout FW | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 5 April 2010
- toll: (Irish) to bore, pierce, perforate[1]
- at all, at all: (Anglo-Irish) a phrase which is repeated several times throughout FW
- toll: the sound of a death knell
- toll: a penalty
- death toll: the number of fatalities in a battle or accident
- toll-gate: a gate where tolls are collected → the Chapelizod turnpike had a toll-gate → FW 003.22: Upturnpikepointandplace
- To cross the River Liffey on the Ha'Penny Bridge cost a half-penny toll
- atole: (Spanish) a Spanish or Mexican porridge or gruel made of maize meal and water or milk
- atoll: a ring-shaped coral island
- O'Toole: St Laurence O'Toole, the patron saint of Dublin
- toll: (German) mad, (German, sl.) great; a toll, a toll appr. oh great, oh great
