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Abroad in the haggart

  • 30-06-2015 10:04am
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    Gentleman Off The Pitch
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    The expression "abroad in the <nearby location>" for example "he's abroad in the field", used to state that someone or something is at a specific nearby location is quite commonly used around my locality in Kilkenny.

    I'm wondering if anyone knows the origin of this expression or have encountered its usage in other areas of Ireland


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    looksee
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    Abroad seems to be a word that has not changed meaning significantly - originally, according to dictionaries, it was used to mean wide, wide apart and that became associated with distance and outdoors, as in abroad meaning in another country. That Irish phrase is perfectly reasonable, abroad suggests away or 'somewhere else' and then it is made specific with precisely where - in the field for example.


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