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Irish lord

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noun

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


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Her name is Mrs. Rossiter-Browne, and her daughter married an Irish lord who lives near Dublin.

From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane

Hannah explained that the Brownes were expected that afternoon, and that an Irish lord was coming with them, and that half Ridgeville had gone to the station to meet them.

From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane

When pain spared him at intervals, Mr. Oxbye presented the bright blue eyes and the winning smile which suggested the resemblance to the Irish lord.

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

What the Irish lord deputy was to the Tudors and Stuarts, the Irish agent now is to the great absentee proprietor residing in London or Paris.

From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James

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

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

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