Belfast Confetti

English

Etymology

Slang, dating from the late 1800s. Much later made the title of a poem by Ciaran Carson.

Noun

Belfast confetti (uncountable)

  1. (slang) screws, bolts, and metal shop scrap used by Protestant rioters, in particular workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyards, as missiles against their Catholic neighbors.
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