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Definition of Blarney

1. Verb. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering. "They blarney him into writing the letter"; "He palavered her into going along"

Definition of Blarney

1. n. Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.

2. v. t. To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney.

Definition of Blarney

1. Noun. Ability to talk constantly. ¹

2. Noun. Mindless chatter. ¹

3. Noun. Persuasive flattery or kind speech. The ability to tell a man to go to hell, in such a way as he will look forward to the trip. ¹

4. Verb. To beguile with flattery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blarney

1. to beguile with flattery [v -NEYED, -NEYING, -NEYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blarney

Literary usage of Blarney

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

1. Europe Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles Carroll Fulton (1874)
"numerous ascents, being so steep at times that it was necessary to relieve the horses by walking; but we finally reached the Lake of blarney, a beautiful ..."

2. Songs and Ballads by Samuel Lover (1847)
"THE blarney. There is a certain coign-itone on the summit of blarney Castle, ... OH ! did you ne'er hear of " the blarney" That's found near the banks of ..."

3. Black's Guide to Ireland by Adam and Charles Black (Firm), E. D. Jordan (1900)
"blarney In the south or " Poore's " aisle notice the striking epitaph which ... CORK TO blarney. blarney can be reached best by the Cork and Musketry ..."

4. Father Mathew: A Biography by John Francis Maguire (1865)
"THE two most remarkable meetings attended by Father Mathew during the year 1844 were held in the parish of blarney, and amidst the matchless beauty of ..."

5. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1826)
"O'blarney—" Impunity, my Lord—they set us in the stocks for two hours on a market day." —well as our feelings. One silk gown [reads] —one fly cap—one ..."

6. The Wild Irishman by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1905)
"If an Irishman open his mouth, the English and Scotch insist on assuming that they are being treated to blarney. The persons who affect Messrs Cook's tours ..."

7. Europe Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles Carroll Fulton (1874)
"numerous ascents, being so steep at times that it was necessary to relieve the horses by walking; but we finally reached the Lake of blarney, a beautiful ..."

8. Songs and Ballads by Samuel Lover (1847)
"THE blarney. There is a certain coign-itone on the summit of blarney Castle, ... OH ! did you ne'er hear of " the blarney" That's found near the banks of ..."

9. Black's Guide to Ireland by Adam and Charles Black (Firm), E. D. Jordan (1900)
"blarney In the south or " Poore's " aisle notice the striking epitaph which ... CORK TO blarney. blarney can be reached best by the Cork and Musketry ..."

10. Father Mathew: A Biography by John Francis Maguire (1865)
"THE two most remarkable meetings attended by Father Mathew during the year 1844 were held in the parish of blarney, and amidst the matchless beauty of ..."

11. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1826)
"O'blarney—" Impunity, my Lord—they set us in the stocks for two hours on a market day." —well as our feelings. One silk gown [reads] —one fly cap—one ..."

12. The Wild Irishman by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1905)
"If an Irishman open his mouth, the English and Scotch insist on assuming that they are being treated to blarney. The persons who affect Messrs Cook's tours ..."

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