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flight of earls

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
flight of earls
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the departure into exile of the Irish chieftain Hugh O'Neill and his followers in 1607.

noun

the mass emigration of the younger population in the 1970s and 1980s due to unemployment.

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What does flight of earls mean?
the departure into exile of the Irish chieftain Hugh O'Neill and his followers in 1607.

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