Plank

n.

Heard in Mayo and Galway

To run away, vanish or disappear quickly.

In use

Plank! the shades a tawleen.

Posh English

Run, the constabulary are upon us.

Same phrase, other counties

  • A plankA person utterly devoid of personality or charisma; dull as a plank of wood.
  • Run-away knockA street game, where you knock at a door or ring a door bell and run away and hide…
  • Ya may run!A warning to run away quickly before one is struck or punished.
  • Ya plankA friendly or exasperated insult for someone acting remarkably stupid, stiff, or dense.
  • Run up me arse and pick daisiesAn emphatic expression used to tell someone to go away.
  • Away for slatesTo depart quickly and unencumbered; possibly alluding to having settled one's slate and…