Ponger

n.

Heard in Monaghan, Dublin and Fermanagh

A tin mug or drinking vessel, often battered from years of heavy use on the building site.

In use

Fill dat ponger with wather before I die of the drought la!

Posh English

Kindly fill that tin drinking vessel with water before I succumb to extreme thirst, old chap!

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