Anglo-Irish. [f. LOUGH2 + dim. suffix -een (= Irish -in as in COLLEEN); cf. GIRLEEN.] A little lough.
1882. Emily Lawless, in Cornh. Mag., March, 321–2. Who will undertake to give an account of the countless multitude of loughs and lougheens,…?
Anglo-Irish. [f. LOUGH2 + dim. suffix -een (= Irish -in as in COLLEEN); cf. GIRLEEN.] A little lough.
1882. Emily Lawless, in Cornh. Mag., March, 321–2. Who will undertake to give an account of the countless multitude of loughs and lougheens,…?
