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Irishman
[ ahy-rish-muhn ]
noun
- a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- a native or inhabitant of Ireland.
Irishman
/ ˈaɪrɪʃmən /
noun
- a male native, citizen, or inhabitant of Ireland or a male descendant of someone Irish
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Irishman Bob Geldof was famously made an honorary knight for his work for Live Aid.
And even in interviews, the Irishman did little to camouflage his taste for living la vida loca.
A Greek, an Irishman, and a Portuguese go into a bar and order a drink.
After all, “No one is as sentimental as the Irishman who was never there in the first place.”
There wasnt time for the Irishman to dodge; but he did spread his legs, and the angry mother-hog ran between them.
For the Irishman, leaping up with his feet apart, descended on the back of the charging animal, with his face toward her tail!
The boys were convulsed with laughter; but the girls were afraid that the Irishman had been seriously hurt.
How daintily they sip it; how happy they seem; how that lucky rogue of an Irishman prattles away!
I knew that an Irishman could become anything from a poet to a policeman, but I never heard of one becoming a cannibal before.
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