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blar⋅ney
[blahr-nee] 
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noun, verb, -neyed, -ney⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery. |
| 2. | deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense; hooey: a lot of blarney about why he was broke. |
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 3. | to flatter or wheedle; use blarney: He blarneys his boss with the most shameless compliments. |
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| blar·ney (blär'nē) n.
[After the Blarney Stone in Blarney Castle, Blarney, Ireland.] blar'ney v. |
| Blar·ney (blär'nē) A village of southern Ireland near Cork. Blarney Castle (dating from the 15th century) is the site of the Blarney Stone, said to impart powers of eloquence and persuasion. |
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Blarney
Blar"ney\ (bl[aum]r"n[y^]), n. [Blarney, a village and castle near Cork.] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [Colloq.] Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland, said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.Blarney
Blar"ney\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blarneyed (-n[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Blarneying.] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. "Blarneyed the landlord." --Irving. Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. --S. G. Goodrich.
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blarney
Smooth, flattering talk, often nonsensical or deceptive. Based on an Irish legend that those who kiss the Blarney Stone will become skilled in flattery.
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blarney
1796, from Blarney Stone (which is said to make a persuasive flatterer of any who kiss it), in a castle near Cork, Ireland; reached wide currency through Lady Blarny, the smooth-talking flatterer in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" (1766).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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