machree

American  

[muh-kree, muh-khree] / məˈkri, məˈxri /

noun

Irish English.

1. my dear.

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machree British  

/ məˈkriː /

adjective

1. (postpositive) my dear

   mother machree

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Etymology

Origin of machree

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

Example Sentences

As St. Patrick’s Day approached, the program’s host and producer, Mitch Miller, asked Mr. McGrath if he knew the song “Mother Machree.”

From New York Times

Katherine O’Dell, no Mother Machree, is Ireland’s star of stage and screen.

From New York Times

“Holy Mother Machree!” — sets the stage for a high-difficulty triple rhyme that pulls all the threads of Normand’s character together: “ambitious,” “knishes” and — wait for it — “St. Aloysius.”

From New York Times

“Pence,” Lord continued, “is Irish American and wastes no opportunity to go misty-eyed about his love for the ‘Old Country’ as he lards on his Mother Machree schtick on both sides of the Atlantic.”

From The Guardian

Miriam Lord, a columnist for the Irish Times, wrote that Pence “wastes no opportunity to go misty-eyed about his love for the ‘Old Country’ as he lards on his Mother Machree schtick on both sides of the Atlantic.”

From Washington Post