I'd ate de back door buttered

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Heard in Tipperary

Fairly hungry. Someone who would eat a cow between two bread vans.

In use

Is the dinner ready yet Mam? I'd ate de back door buttered.

Posh English

Is luncheon served yet, Mother? I am so famished I could happily devour the rear door of the house, provided it were generously buttered.