What is the meaning of "grand' here?
I’m betting you know Shane’s in jail,” he said dryly. “Shane…Listen, if that poor thick bastard had been born ten years later, he’d have been grand
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Here it means "good, excellent" (in some way relevant to the situation). This is a colloquial or regional BrE meaning of the word. According to Wikipedia, the author is American-Irish, and according to Wiktionary, this sense is "Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated".
- Here it means "good, excellent" (in some way relevant to the situation).
- This is a colloquial or regional BrE meaning of the word.
- According to Wikipedia, the author is American-Irish, and according to Wiktionary, this sense is "Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated".
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Here it means "good, excellent" (in some way relevant to the situation). This is a colloquial or regional BrE meaning of the word. According to Wikipedia, the author is American-Irish, and according to Wiktionary, this sense is "Ireland, Northern England, colloquial, otherwise dated".
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