Spanner

n.

Heard in Wexford, Cork, Sligo, Dublin and Limerick

A complete fool or idiot.

That chap's a right spanner, a right dozy bollox

Posh English

That fellow is a complete idiot, a thoroughly dim-witted buffoon.

Same phrase, other counties

• Cork
• Sligo
• Dublin
• Limerick

Related terms

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• Ya hairy foolA great fool.
• Fat as a foolTo have become noticeably overweight.
• FoolKindness regarded as a form of weakness.