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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
  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

American  

noun

1. a stone in Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland, said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it.

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Blarney Stone British  

noun

1. 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

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Blarney Stone Cultural  

1. 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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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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Then it's the Blarney stone and four generations of one family living in the same house.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2013

The timekeepers must have kissed the Blarney stone.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is deposited the celebrated Blarney stone, a touch of which imparts to the tongue of the pilgrim the gift of persuasion.

From The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 by Michael Doheny

Sylvia blushed once more, from mortification this time, and registered a vow to adopt a new tone with this disciple of the Blarney stone, and put an end forthwith to sentimental confidences.

From More about Pixie by William H. C. Groome

The stone door-step, hollowed like the steps to the Blarney stone, had borne the steady tread of feet for sixty years, and the floor within was worn in the same way.

From The Land of Long Ago by Eliza Calvert Hall

There I was, dancing a wild Irish jig to a live Irish band in Blarney Stone, a small, energetic pub in Fountain Valley on the evening of March 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

Here’s Kathleen Kennedy, awkwardly twisting upside down in a skirt to kiss Ireland’s Blarney Stone.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

Borrow one of the Element’s free bikes to pedal to dinner at the Blarney Stone Pub, or walk next door to Tru Blu Social Club.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2018

“I wouldn’t tell anyone about the Blarney Stone gatherings,” Riska said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2010

I can’t wait to show them my wooden shoes from Holland, my Blarney Stone from Ireland and all the pictures.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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