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Irish lord

American  

noun

  1. any of several marine sculpins of the genus Hemilepidotus, found from Alaska to northern California.


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The Irish lord had reasons, known only to himself, for recoiling from the contemplation of his own future.

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

Like the Irish lord, Miss Henley was "in two minds," while she rose, and dressed herself.

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

Not even at the time of the honeymoon had the Irish lord been a more irresistibly agreeable man than he was on that memorable morning.

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

Among other events which occurred, during the earlier part of that interval, the course adopted by Hugh Mountjoy, when Miss Henley's suspicions of the Irish lord were first communicated to him, claims a foremost place.

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

The Irish lord knew nothing of the consequences to which Mr. Mountjoy had alluded.

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

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