Johnny Magory

noun

The fruit of the dog rose; a rosehip.

OriginIrish mogóir →
First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounJohnny Magory (plural Johnny Magories)

plural Johnny Magories · alternative Johnny Magorey

  1. IrelandThe fruit of the dog rose; a rosehip.First known use 19th c.

    If you didn't know risky putting anything into your mouth. Poisonous berries. Johnny Magories.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8: Laestrygonians]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 163

Origin

  1. Irishmogóir“haw, rosehip”
  2. EnglishJohnny Magory

From Johnny + alteration of Irish mogóir (“haw, rosehip”).

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