scullery (noun)
a small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for dishwashing and other dirty household work.
general shop (noun)
a retail store usually located in a small or rural community that carries a wide variety of goods including groceries but is not divided into departments.
bower (noun)
a pleasant shady place under trees or climbing plants in a garden or wood.
pollock (noun)
a commercially valuable food fish of the cod family, found in the North Atlantic.
bugger (noun)
vulgar slang used as a term of abuse, especially for a man.
bagatelle
a thing of little importance; a very easy task.
laddybuck (noun)
Scottish/Celtic slang for a man, slightly insulting.
act of contrition (noun)
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a penitential prayer.
codger (noun)
an elderly man, especially one who is old-fashioned or eccentric.
curlew (noun)
a large wading bird of the sandpiper family, with a long down-curved bill, brown streaked plumage, and frequently a distinctive ascending two-note call.
Aran sweater (noun)
a style of jumper that takes its name from the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. A traditional Aran Jumper is usually off-white in color, with cable patterns on the body and sleeves.
taciturn (adjective)
reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
Ceilidhe Band (proper noun)
A band for a traditional Irish or Scottish gathering. In its most basic form, "Ceilidhe" simply means a social visit.
consumption (noun)
a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
mawkish (adjective)
sentimental in a feeble or sickly way.
rapier wit (noun)
ability to deliver witty and cutting remarks (a rapier is a sword).
pert (adjective)
attractively lively or cheeky.
somnolent (adjective)
sleepy, drowsy.
Rudolph Valentino (proper noun)
An Italian silent film star known for being a sex symbol.
fealty (noun)
A feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord.
