Entry: Donegal (n.)
In context: "Yet another guy with a necklace and a plaid Donegal is holding the rest of the resident at bay on the lawn..."
Definition: The name of a county in the north-west of Ireland; used attrib. or ellipt. to designate something produced in or peculiar to the county, esp. a type of tweed or a kind of coarse, knotted carpet.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page: 608
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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