How to use Irishism in a sentence
Mrs. Maper corrected the Irishism by saying, "Do you mean dismiss?"
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes | Israel ZangwillYet it is an incident worth lingering on; the depravity, savagery and degraded Irishism being never so well admitted.
Past and Present | Thomas CarlyleNo man in the industrial machine is a free-will agent, except the large capitalist, and he isn't, if you'll pardon the Irishism.
The Iron Heel | Jack LondonSaid hole being usually filled—to use an Irishism—with a center-table loaded to the guards with art portfolios.
Cape of Storms | Percival PollardWe have a lot of Irishmen on board which explains this Irishism.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" | George Davidson
British Dictionary definitions for Irishism
Irishism
/ (ˈaɪrɪˌʃɪzəm) /
noun
an Irish custom or idiom
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