measkeen

Yola

Etymology

Either derived from Irish measc (“to mix”) or derived from Middle English mask, maske (“mesh”).

Noun

measkeen

  1. A flat-bottomed basket for straining potatoes.

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 56
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