Definition of Sweeneys

1. sweeney [n] - See also: sweeney

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweeneys

swebby
swede
swedenborgite
swedes
swedge
swedged
swedish turnip
swee
sweed
sweeing
sweel
sweeled
sweeling
sweels
sweeney
sweeneys (current term)
sweenies
sweeny
sweep-second
sweep aside
sweep away
sweep hand
sweep oar
sweep off
sweep out
sweep over
sweep someone off their feet
sweep something under the carpet
sweep something under the rug

Literary usage of Sweeneys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Cases Selected Chiefly from Decisions of the Courts of the State of New York by Austin Abbott, James MacGregor Smith (1879)
"... who was a resident of New Jersey, stated that said Paulmier intended to bring an action in the supreme court against said sweeneys, who did business in ..."

2. Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American by William Henry Hurlbert (1888)
"The head of the sweeneys, having completed his new and grand establishment, wishes to move the post-office thither; but the brother to whom he confided the ..."

3. Oration Delivered Before the City Government and Citizens of Boston, in by James Freeman Clarke (1875)
"Just such a ring as that surrounded Louis XIY. and ^Napoleon III. ; only instead of being plain Tweeds, Connollys or sweeneys, they were marquises and ..."

4. The History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period to the English Invasion by Geoffrey Keating (1866)
"... and Mac sweeneys from of Connaught; and in the tenth century,"ono ... king of Connaught, and reigned from AD 960, and Mac sweeneys were settled ..."

5. Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Nebraska by Nebraska Supreme Court, James Mills Woolworth (1914)
"The officers continued to dig around in the cellar, but neither of the sweeneys could help them to find the money. They had buried it, but had lost it and ..."

6. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1841)
"... now heard as frequently in Bandon as elsewhere ; and among its dealers and chapmen are numerous descendants of the Irish Mac sweeneys and O'Sullivans, ..."

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