(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:17:38

Spal"peen (?), n. [Ir. spailpin, fr. spailp a beau, pride, self-conceit.]

A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

[Colloq.]

 

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