Like

n.

Heard in Cork, Kilkenny, Dublin, Wexford, Limerick, Waterford and Galway

Used at the end of every sentence. Can sometimes be used at the start of sentences too.

In use

Like eh, I asked me oul doll for a gobblejob and it went down like a cup of cold sick!

Posh English

As it happens, I importuned my good lady wife for an intimate favour and it was received with all the enthusiasm of a draught of tepid emetic.

Same phrase, other counties

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