murphy
noun
an Irish or white potato.
murphies
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pluralof murphy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He was fast in the arms uv murphies, or maniac, speaking by the card, till the bhoy Samba woke him up.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang
"Here's the murphies," cried O'Connor, staggering over the slippery weed with a large smoking tin dish.
From The Lighthouse by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Jack Robinson earnestly advised the faithless man to go home, and help his grandmother, thenceforth, to plant murphies; after which he embarked in his canoe alone, and paddled away into the dreary north.
From Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
With murphies for to ate, An' as many pigs and childer As the fingers on me fate.'
From Verse and Worse by Harry Graham
