cretonne—a heavy, unglazed, printed cotton or linen cloth; used for curtains, slipcovers, and so on.
blackthorn stick—a cane or stick made from the stem of the blackthorn, a thorny, white-flowered prunus shrub with purple or black plumlike fruit.
nix—(slang) silent.
Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque—(1647–90) a French nun beatified in 1864 and canonized in 1920.
Stores—the shop where Eveline works.
night-boat—the ferry that departed Dublin every evening for Liverpool, England.
The Bohemian Girl—a popular nineteenth-century light opera composed by Dublin musician Michael William Balfe. Characters throughout Dubliners refer to songs from this opera.
Patagonians—inhabitants of Patagonia, a dry, grassy region in south South America, east of the Andes (including the south parts of Argentina and Chile); thought to be nomadic and dangerous.
Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun!—probably gibberish.
