Definitions
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- noun slang
screws ,bolts , and metal shop scrap used by Protestant rioters, in particular workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyards, as missiles against their Catholic neighbors.
Etymologies
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Slang, dating from the late 1800s. Much later made the title of a poem by Ciaran Carson.
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Examples
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Belfast Confetti (1989); First Language (1993) and The Twelfth of Never (1998).
GotPoetry.com News 2009
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His new album, Belfast Confetti, is a collection of gritty acoustic songs, full of passion, dirt, and tales of a misspent youth.
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His new album, Belfast Confetti, is a collection of gritty acoustic songs, full of passion, dirt, and tales of a misspent youth.
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