Press

n.

Heard in Waterford and Limerick

A cupboard. One puts delph (plates, cups and saucers) in a press.

In use

Get the blaas outa the press for me.

Posh English

Retrieve the breakfast rolls from the larder for me.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Limerick
  • Waterford (not in the dictionary)
  • PlatesAbbreviation of 'plates of meat', rhyming slang for feet.
  • Boot to the boardTo press the accelerator pedal fully to the floor.
  • Carr' onTo continue on one's way or press forward to a destination.
  • De meejaThe media or press, pronounced with local Waterford flavour.
  • Erection sectionThe slow set at a disco, during which amorous young gentlemen may press themselves…
  • Plates of meatRhyming slang for feet.