Irishism

American  

[ahy-ri-shiz-uhm] / ˈaɪ rɪˌʃɪz əm /

noun

1. a custom, manner, practice, idiom, etc., characteristic of the Irish.

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Irishism British  

/ ˈaɪrɪˌʃɪzəm /

noun

1. an Irish custom or idiom

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Etymology

Origin of Irishism

First recorded in 1725–35; Irish + -ism

Example Sentences

Faith, the men are so fond of widows, it's a marvel to me that we're ever married at all until we reach that condition;—and there, if you like, is another Irishism for you.

From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Harland, Henry

The Gauls continued to invest Rome, and heard with savage delight of the diminishing supplies, or rather, to use an Irishism, the increasing scarcity.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

Norden, with unconscious Irishism, describes Perran as being "almost drowned with the sea sande."

From Cornwall by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)

Investigations were instituted, and, although United Irishism had lost its sting after Emmett's failure, all who had once belonged to it were marked men, and black-listed in consequence.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

The bird was the famous Archaeopteryx, found in the Solenhofen slate, and the first butterfly, to use an Irishism, was a moth, a sphinx moth, apparently about the size of the Convolvulus sphinx moth.

From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)