Abroad

n.

Heard in Limerick, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Roscommon

A person not usually seen in this area, an outsider.

Mike was abroad in o'Connell st

Posh English

Michael looked remarkably out of place upon O'Connell Street.

Same phrase, other counties

• Tipperary
• Kilkenny
• Roscommon

Related terms

• Abroad that wayTo travel or head off in a specific direction.
• Cripes almightly but it's perishing cowld abroadAn exclamation noting that the weather is very cold outside.
• I'v seen better sand castlesA house or room in a dreadful state of untidiness.
• I've seen better men on top of wedding cakes!An expression used upon seeing a particularly unattractive male.
• Never seen the peel of itAn assessment of something quite unprecedented.
• SeenSaw.