arrah
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of arrah
From the Irish word ara
Example Sentences
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"Father Ned! arrah, 'tis likely he'd come here at night, with the Tapageers on their rounds, and nothing to give him when he kem!"
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Charles James Lever
God bless you, asthore, for thim words! and they're thrue—thrue as the gospel, arrah what are you both so proud of?
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
Is it he bear an affront from a Neil! arrah, don't make a fool of yourself, old man!
From The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
Wisdom?" cried another voice with a brogue; "arrah and is't wisdom the two geese are gabbling about all this while?
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
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