macushla

American  

[muh-koosh-luh] / məˈkʊʃ lə /

noun

Irish English.

1. darling.

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Etymology

Origin of macushla

First recorded in 1830–35; from Irish Gaelic mo chuisle, literally, “my pulse”

Example Sentences

And I tell her how Uncle Pat doesn’t want me anymore and how they put Mr. Timoney in the City Home for laughing just because Macushla bit the postman, the milkman and a passing nun.

From Literature

I have neither kith nor kin nor Macushla my dog.

From Literature

The violinist gives lessons to a street cleaner whose life ambition is to learn to play "Macushla" on the fiddle.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Ireland is currently in the middle of a folk-music craze similar to the one that swept the U.S. in 1963, and Macushla's blue eyes would turn glassy at the sound of it all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lynch sang such McCormack stock in trade as Macushla, Neapolitan Love Song and Che Gelida Manina from Puccini's La Boh�me �and his voice sounded very nearly as clean and sweet, his Irish legato as rippling as McCormack's.

From Time Magazine Archive