dadyeens n pl Epithet for members of a group of settlers originally from Cork; cp YELLOW-BELLY.
   1863 PEDLEY 295 Two great Irish factions had established themselves [c1815] in St John's... Those of the country of Cork were designated 'Dadyeens.' 1895 PROWSE 402 [There were] the Cork 'dadyeens'. . and a number of other names for the [St John's Irish factions].

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