traneen

noun

tra·​neen

trəˈnēn

plural -s

chiefly Irish

: something of little or no value : trifle

never cared a traneen for him

—S. C. Hall

Word History

Etymology

Irish Gaelic trāithnīn blade of grass, herb bennet

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