blarney
to flatter or wheedle; use blarney: He blarneys his boss with the most shameless compliments.
Origin of blarney
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How to use blarney in a sentence
The Irish race appear to have kissed the blarney stone in globo.
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanWe'll send Travers back with a little collection, to fix it up with the farmer, and blarney him out of taking any action.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempOne passes on the way to the wildwood, where everybody goes as often as may be,—a so-called "blarney stone."
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren StoddardThere is deposited the celebrated blarney stone, a touch of which imparts to the tongue of the pilgrim the gift of persuasion.
The Felon's Track | Michael DohenyBut if he'll be so quick with his tongue in Tralee Market, he'll chance on one here and there that he'll not blarney so easily!
The Wild Geese | Stanley John Weyman
British Dictionary definitions for blarney
/ (ˈblɑːnɪ) /
flattering talk
to cajole with flattery; wheedle
Origin of blarney
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for 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.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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