"knawvshawl" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: knawvshawls [present, singular, third-person], knawvshawling [participle, present], knawvshawled [participle, past], knawvshawled [past]
Etymology: From Irish cnáimhseáil (“grumbling, complaining”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|cnáimhseáil||grumbling, complaining}} Irish cnáimhseáil (“grumbling, complaining”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} knawvshawl (third-person singular simple present knawvshawls, present participle knawvshawling, simple past and past participle knawvshawled)
  1. (Ireland, intransitive) to mutter or complain sullenly Tags: Ireland, intransitive Synonyms: cnawvshawl, knauvshawl
    Sense id: en-knawvshawl-en-verb-taYMCHYK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English

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          "text": "Suzanne Vega stereotyped 'Calypso' as we knawvshawled about our families (our begetters and begotten, no worse than the next, whose umbilical cords we're still spancelled to) before we went on to our respective wanderings.",
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