Tubber

n.

Heard in Sligo

Slang name for the town of Tubbercurry in south County Sligo.

In use

My mum's car broke down near Tubber the other day

Posh English

My mother's motorcar suffered a mechanical breakdown in the vicinity of Tubbercurry the other day.

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