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frindle

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Hello. I'm wondering what a dinneky doon means in this context below.
I understand it is not a proper word, and I suppose it comes from Irish (because the speaker is a Irish woman).
I can make a rough guess, but would you please tell me what it means exactly?
Thank you.



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"This is no way to treat me. You'd best think it over. I'll be seeing a solicitor, I will."
"Fine indeed. You see a solicitor, and if he does not laugh you out of his office, I will be a dinneky doon."
 

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I've never heard of it and, as I'm sure you discovered, Google can shed no light on it either. If I remember, I'll ask my Irish friend next time I speak to her. The writer might have made it up.

The context means you can work out the meaning of the whole sentence - the woman believes that the solicitor will laugh the other person out of his office (refuse to represent them) and, if that doesn't happen, the woman will be extremely surprised.
 

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Hello. I'm wondering what a dinneky doon means in this context below.
I understand it is not a proper word, and I suppose it comes from Irish (because the speaker is a Irish woman).
I can make a rough guess, but would you please tell me what it means exactly?
Thank you.



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"This is no way to treat me. You'd best think it over. I'll be seeing a solicitor, I will."
"Fine indeed. You see a solicitor, and if he does not laugh you out of his office, I will be a dinneky doon."

Where is this from, who is the author?
 

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This is from <The Great Unexpected> by Sharon Creech.
 

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This is from <The Great Unexpected> by Sharon Creech.

Sharon Creech is an American writer of fantasy books for children. I think we can safely assume that she made it up. It has no connection to the Irish language.
 
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