Dry Cleaning One’s Vegetables

Mill Road, Ennis

I suspect that no customer has brought a turnip in to be cleaned – yet.

Sometimes I wonder if some spelling errors are deliberate to provoke debate. I wonder what the reaction might be if I went in and advised of the spelling.

I have not yet been brave enough to try this.

suede noun originally kidskin, but now any soft leather, where the flesh side is rubbed or brushed so that it has a velvety finish.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from French gants de Suède gloves from Sweden.

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Swede noun a citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Sweden, a kingdom in N Europe.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Dutch or Low German.

swede noun 1 an annual or biennial plant, widely cultivated in cool temperate regions for its edible root. 2 the swollen edible root of this plant, which has orange-yellow or whitish flesh and a purple, yellow or white skin, and can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Swede; the plant was introduced to Scotland from Sweden in the late 18c, and was originally known as the Swedish turnip.

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