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Blarney stone
noun
- a stone in Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland, said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it.
Blarney Stone
noun
- a stone in Blarney Castle , in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
Blarney Stone
- A stone in the wall of Blarney Castle in Ireland . According to an Irish legend, those who kiss the Blarney Stone receive a gift of eloquence that enables them to obtain, through persuasion, anything they want.
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Notes
People who talk “blarney” are saying things they do not mean. Usually the expression blarney is applied to flattery designed to gain a favor.
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Example Sentences
The Irish race appear to have kissed the Blarney stone in globo.
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One passes on the way to the wildwood, where everybody goes as often as may be,—a so-called "blarney stone."
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There is deposited the celebrated Blarney stone, a touch of which imparts to the tongue of the pilgrim the gift of persuasion.
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Ah, Katty, you have been kissing the blarney-stone, she said.
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Being entirely alone, it is needless to say, Chester did not kiss the Blarney Stone.
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