"plygain" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈplʌɡaɪn/, /ˈplɪɡaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-plygain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: plygains [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh plygain. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cy|plygain}} Welsh plygain Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} plygain (usually uncountable, plural plygains)
  1. A Welsh custom of singing carols at dawn on Christmas morning. Wikipedia link: en:plygain Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Christmas
    Sense id: en-plygain-en-noun-TbCjYgwB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for plygain meaning in English (1.7kB)

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