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

From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

An Irish lord cannot sit in the House of Commons for an Irish county or city, nor can he vote for an Irish member.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

Waiting on the threshold, the Irish lord asked if he might come in.

From Blind Love by Wilkie Collins

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 Wilkie Collins

The Irish lord, sitting near the doctor, drew his chair back in a hurry.

From Blind Love by Wilkie Collins

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