machree

[ muh-kree, muh-khree ]

/ məˈkri, məˈxri /

noun Irish English.

my dear.

Nearby words

machinist, machismo, machmeter, macho, machpelah, machree, machtpolitik, machu picchu, machzor, macintosh, maciver

Origin of machree

First recorded in 1820–30, machree is from the Irish word mo chroidhe literally, my heart

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Examples from the Web for machree

Avick machree, machree, many a long look—out we will have for it.
Fardorougha, The Miser|William Carleton

British Dictionary definitions for machree

machree

/ (məˈkriː) /

adjective

(postpositive) Irish my dearmother machree

Word Origin for machree

from Irish mo croidhe

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