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Irishism
[ ahy-ri-shiz-uhm ]
Irishism
/ ˈaɪrɪˌʃɪzəm /
noun
- an Irish custom or idiom
Example Sentences
Norden, with unconscious Irishism, describes Perran as being "almost drowned with the sea sande."
If she did, she would be a participant in a crime of which--to use an Irishism--she had not only been an unseen, but also an unseeing, witness.
The Gauls continued to invest Rome, and heard with savage delight of the diminishing supplies, or rather, to use an Irishism, the increasing scarcity.
I am satisfied there is no blessing more earnestly to be wished for than a calm and composed resignation to the events of this life, and all its complicated concerns.—It appears rather an Irishism, that to be happy we must become indifferent,—but so it is.
I have seen fearful looks of terror in little faces when I have approached them to enforce a request, and in such cases I either take them gently in my arms or draw them close to me with a caressing motion, which is sometimes all the punishment they need, if you will allow me such an Irishism.
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