Irish Slang

Pronounced "like"

Generally used needlessly in a sentence, generally at the end.

Example

"That was great crack like"

"Did you honestly do that like?"

I'm in shock this is a strabane saying (still dont know who alex diver is )

almost, approximately: e.g. "that cost me the guts of 3 grand"

the same thing but with 2 different labels

Hold on a minute

hard to beat, great

"good feed a spuds is hard te beat"

a polite way of descriping someone who has cursing and swearing.

"he was down there yesterday Effin' and blindin'"

Movies, Cinema - e.g. "Want to come to the pictures?"

An observation that if something looks good then it usually is good

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