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Definition of belfast confetti in English English dictionary
- screws, bolts, and metal shop scrap used by Protestant rioters as missiles against their Catholic neighbors
- screws, bolts, and nails that were placed in IRA bombs as shrapnel
belfast confetti
Hyphenation
Bel·fast con·fet·tiTurkish pronunciation
belfäst kınfetiPronunciation
/ˈbelˌfast kənˈfetē/ /ˈbɛlˌfæst kənˈfɛtiː/
Etymology
() Slang, dating from the late 1800s. Much later made the title of a poem by Ciaran Carson.Resimler
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