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Definition of Colleens
1. colleen [n] - See also: colleen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colleens
Literary usage of Colleens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomass William Hazen Rolleston (1900)
"O Limerick dear, It's far and it's near I've travelled the round of this circular
sphere : Still an' all to my mind No colleens you'll find As lovely and ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"They have peopled it with colleens and bhoys whose bright faces and rich brogue
... All the colleens in the village are clad in Irish linen with bright red ..."
3. The Popular Poets and Poetry of Ireland: And Choice Selections in Prose from by Richard Nagle (1887)
"... up ! and beat, My boys, complete, The field of wheat We sowed in Spring; And
lay it bound Light on the ground, While lads around And colleens sing! ..."
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