murphies
- plural of murphy.
Example Sentences
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This was no very cruel task, for "the rich tawny soil seemed specially adapted to the crop; the great yellow murphies rolling out of the hills like eggs from a nest."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
"Here's the murphies," cried O'Connor, staggering over the slippery weed with a large smoking tin dish.
From The Lighthouse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
As far as I remimber, I began with murphies, when I was two foot high, in my father’s cabin in ould Ireland.
From Martin Rattler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
With murphies for to ate, An' as many pigs and childer As the fingers on me fate.'
From Verse and Worse by Graham, Harry
As far as I remimber, I began with murphies, when I was two feet high, in my father's cabin in ould Ireland.
From Martin Rattler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
