Cat melojen

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Heard in Sligo

Describing something utterly atrocious, ancient, or of dreadfully poor quality. Melojen is a rendering of 'melodeon'.

In use

Cat melodeon, so it is, dat old telly is ready for the bin.

Posh English

It is quite distressingly antiquated and wretched, so it is, that television set is fit only for the dustbin.

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