Definition of Macushla

1. Noun. (an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling.

Geographical relationships: Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland
Generic synonyms: Darling, Dearie, Deary, Ducky, Favorite, Favourite, Pet

Definition of Macushla

1. Noun. (''Anglo-Irish'') My darling, my dear. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macushla

maculed
maculele
macules
maculiferous
maculing
maculocerebral
maculoerythematous
maculomancy
maculopapular
maculopapule
maculopathies
maculopathy
maculose
macumba
macumbas
macushla (current term)
mad
mad-apple
mad-apples
mad-dog skullcap
mad-dog weed
mad apple
mad as a March hare
mad as a cut snake
mad as a fish
mad as a hatter
mad cow
mad dogs and Englishmen
mad for it

Literary usage of Macushla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metropolitan (1844)
""Cheer up, Katty, macushla machree ! If one doesn't love you as you ... If a likely young fellow was to say, " Katty macushla, if you're not ..."

2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1915)
""Won't they, Margie, macushla?" In five minutes the twins were back, each with a massive chunk of chocolate layer-cake in her hand and a mouth full of the ..."

3. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston (1900)
"Oh ! no, macushla storin ! bright, bright, and warm are you, With hearts as bold as the men of old, to yourselves and your country true. ..."

4. Play Production in America by Arthur Edwin Krows (1916)
"There was one in Chauncey Olcott's American production of Rida Johnson Young's " macushla," about 1913, showing the interior of a large tent, ..."

5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1853)
"... macushla ! why leave me alone ? My heart was bound up in the life that is gone ; The primrose each hedgerow and dingle is studding ; The violet's breath ..."

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