Teagueland

English

Etymology

Teague +‎ -land, from Irish Tadhg.

Proper noun

Teagueland

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) Ireland
    • 1690, Brown, Thomas, “The Cavalcade, and disbanding the Royal Regiment; a Ballad fo Jo. Haynes, 1690”, in Works of Mr. Thomas Brown, volume 4, eighth edition, London: Henry Lintot & Charles Hitch, published 1744, page 275, stanza 16:
      O who'll march for me? now speak any that dare, / A horse and a hundred pounds for him, that's fair; / Dear courtier excuse me from Teagueland and slaughter, / And take, which you please, my wife or my daughter.
    • a. 1706, Sackville, Charles, The Antiquated Coquet:
      To Teagueland we this beauty owe, / Teagueland her earliest charms did know
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