wirrah

/ ˈwɪrə /

noun

1. a saltwater fish, Acanthistius serratus, of Australia, with bright blue spots

Word History and Origins

Origin of wirrah¹

from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

Wirrah, my lad, my lad, ’T is fearsome strange, The hints we all have had Passing the range Of science, knowledge, law, Or what you will, Whose intangible touch of awe Makes reason nil.

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Wirrah, but 'tis herself was the glutton for coal.

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Hadji Eseb entered into conversation with him, and meanwhile Lanty broke forth, ‘O wirrah, wirrah, Master Arthur! an’ have they made a haythen Moor of ye? 

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