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machree
[ muh-kree, muh-khree ]
noun
, Irish English.
- my dear.
machree
/ məˈkriː /
adjective
- postpositive my dear
mother machree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of machree1
First recorded in 1820–30, machree is from Irish mo chroidhe literally, “my heart”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of machree1
from Irish mo croidhe
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Example Sentences
In the back room somebody was singing "Mother Machree" and cheating on the high notes.
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But it ain't my nater to forget ould friends for all that, Peg machree.
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Come, jewel machree, the Gray Man is stealing through the pines.
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One is not surprised at their being addressed by such mellifluous epithets as Cushla machree, asthore, mavourneen!
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Micky Machree Mulligan, and what are yeez looking cross-eyed for?
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