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murphy
UK/ˈmɜːfi/US/ˈmɝfi/US/ˈmɜɹfi/
noun
What it means
- An Irish or white potato.
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1857, Thomas Hughes., chapter VI, in Tom Brown's School Days1 more example
To the chimney nook, / Having found admittance, / There I watch a pup / Playing with two kittens / (Playing round the fire, / Which of blazing turf is, / Roaring to the pot / Which bubbles with the murphies) […]
a. 1848, William Thackeray, "Peg of Limavaddy", in The Irish Sketch Book (1848), page 147
In a sentence
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1857, Thomas Hughes., chapter VI, in Tom Brown's School Days
Where it comes from
From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).
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