Lee Marvin

adj.

Lee Marvin is Irish slang for starving. Rhyming slang, after the Hollywood actor.

In use

I'm so Lee Marvin I'd ate a Melleray monk's shavin' brush.

Let Lawrence Muck translate it to posh English for you
Lawrence Muck

Good evening. Shall I ring for tea? Would you like me to translate 'Lee Marvin' in use for you?

I am so famished I could devour the shaving brush of a monk from Mount Melleray.

Questions

What does lee Marvin mean in Ireland?

Starving. Rhyming slang, after the Hollywood actor.

How do you use lee Marvin in a sentence?

“I'm so Lee Marvin I'd ate a Melleray monk's shavin' brush.”

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