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deatach

-aiche, -aichean, sf Smoke. 2 Vapour, steam, exhalation, fume. 3* Smoke on the point of breaking into flame. 4 Gas. Cuir deatach, emit smoke; a' cur na deataich, emitting smoke; breislich á deataich, drunkenness from the fumes (of whisky); fhuair e car troimhn deataich, he got a toss in the smoke. — referring to a stroke of good luck. If you heard of anyone having £1,000 come in a windfall to him, you would say “Fhuair e car troimhn deataich,” or “is ann roimhe a dh'éirich an naosg.”

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