machree

[ muh-kree, muh-khree ]

/ məˈkri, məˈxri /

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noun Irish English.

my dear.

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Origin of machree

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

Words nearby machree

machismo, machmeter, mach number, macho, Machpelah, machree, Mach scale, Mach's principle, machtpolitik, Machu Picchu, -machy

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How to use machree in a sentence

In the back room somebody was singing "Mother Machree" and cheating on the high notes.
The Boy Grew Older|Heywood Broun
But it ain't my nater to forget ould friends for all that, Peg machree.
The Bunsby papers|John Brougham
Come, jewel machree, the Gray Man is stealing through the pines.
Kenny|Leona Dalrymple
One is not surprised at their being addressed by such mellifluous epithets as Cushla machree, asthore, mavourneen!
Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2|M.F and B. McM. Mansfield

Micky Machree Mulligan, and what are yeez looking cross-eyed for?
The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays|Walter Ben Hare

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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