Did you possibly mean one of these? currier, furrier
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. slang, Ireland, pejorative spiv, rascal; lout, ruffian; street urchin
Etymologies
- Uncertain. Suggestions include: (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I believe 'gurrier' is derived from the French word 'guerre', which means 'war'.”
“Like a gurrier out of the Banks with your shirt to the wind.”
“However, nobody would take genuine umbrage at being described as a gurrier.”
“Ahern has always been a political gurrier - he and O'Dea are the same type - but his antics during the debate were disgraceful even for him. the handler gloves are off ...”
“It's a little bit late but i'd like to wish David and Ronan a happy new year, and as I'm an opportunistic Limerick gurrier.”
“Being a Northsider doesn't automatically make you a gurrier (e.g. Drico, people from Howth, Sutton, Malahide, Clontarf, or Castleknock).”
“Like a gurrier gunning for a scrap, the Green's elected representative for”
“gurrier-in-chief" during the previous day's rowdy set-to in the chamber.”
“gurrier in chief" -- although this is one of the insults officially forbidden in the chamber under”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gurrier’.
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scoundrels and bastards
already several of these lists, but I wanted my own
varlet, scoundrel, slubberdegullion, bastard, hooligan, boor, churl, thug, cad, ne'er-do-well, miscreant, minx and 85 more...
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Words banned in the Irish parliament
According to the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, and other media, these words have been deemed "unparliamentary."
brat, buffoon, chancer, communist, corner boy, coward, fascist, gurrier, guttersnipe, rat, scumbag, scurrilous and 3 more...
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~~Olde-Fashioned Insults~~
ragamuffin, muttonchops, tatterdemalion, nincompoop, whippersnapper, bootlicker, backscratcher, loggerhead, weisenheimer, hornswoggler, thimblerigger, quacksalver and 111 more...
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Words and phrases of Irish origin, or...
not necessarily eponyms, but might be
boycott, blarney, banshee, galore, keen, donnybrook, colleen, drumlin, phoney, clan, cairn, ceili and 122 more...
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EN - funny (single) words
"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
Words with funny meaning, spelling or both.biffy, bibcock, barratry, bastinado, bezonian, bibliobibuli, bodewash, boeotian, boondoggle, borborygmic, bosky, brobdingnagian and 729 more...
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