O'Flaherty

[ oh-fla-her-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

O'Flaherty

/ əʊˈflæhətɪ /

O'FlahertyLiam18971984MIrishWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer Liam (ˈlɪəm). 1897–1984, Irish novelist and short-story writer. His novels include The Informer (1925) and Famine (1937)

O'Flaherty dismissed the ‘big brother bans everything’ crowd.

"I don't suppose they were to be pitied, colonel," Doctor O'Flaherty laughed.

F'r instance: Mrs. O'Flaherty comes in—widow—wiping her eyes and kind of moaning.

When the first waltz was over we found that Mervin had escaped from Mrs. O'Flaherty.

How Miss O'Flaherty could be her daughter was an enigma which completely baffled me.

I felt in somewhat the same predicament with Miss O'Flaherty.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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