sleeveen informal , also: sleiveen informal

Her father maybe, with the tape around his neck, awful sleeveen Sean Walsh, who never said a word without thinking carefully of the possible effect it might have.

Many locals words borrow from the Irish tradition, such as "bokety", "fooster" or "sleeveen", while words like "kip", "cop-on" or even "grinds" have their origins in Old or Middle English.

Take sleeveen, a word I used to say about guys with long greasy hair and black leather jackets who oozed a charm so pungent women swooned at their feet and offered to buy them a plate of fish and chips or packs of smokes.