wild Irishman

British  

noun

1. another name for matagouri

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Example Sentences

He and his bosom companion in iniquity, a wild Irishman from the Flats by the name of Patrick Regan, conspired to make the practise hour a burden to both their instructors.

From Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

The Wing Commander never suspected that I was with this wild Irishman.

From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George

There was no answer—there would never be an answer again, for the wild Irishman was dead.

From Light O' the Morning by Meade, L. T.

"You mean to say you gave up a vacation trip to Alexandria to take this ferry job with that wild Irishman, O'Malley?"

From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Montgomery, Rutherford George

The wild Irishman of them all is the great crested flycatcher, a large, leather-colored or sandy-complexioned bird that prowls through the woods, uttering its harsh, uncanny note and waging fierce warfare upon its fellows.

From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by Burroughs, John