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A working-class phrase once popular throughout the British Isles, possibly in reference to cream rising in milk. It has been revived into popular consciousness, and is associated with Irishmen, by the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).
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top of the morning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20of%20the%20morning
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“top of the morning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20of%20the%20morning. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “top of the morning,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20of%20the%20morning.
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