murphy
See also: Murphy
English
Etymology
From the common Irish name Murphy.
Noun
murphy (plural murphies)
- An Irish or white potato.
- 1857, Thomas Hughes. Tom Brown's School Days, chapter VI
- " […] she bakes such stunning murphies—we'll have a penn'orth each for tea; come along, or they'll all be gone."
- William Thackeray, Peg of Limavaddy
- To the chimney nook, / Having found admittance, / There I watch a pup / Playing with two kittens / (Playing round the fire, / Which of blazing turf is, / Roaring to the pot / Which bubbles with the murphies) […]
- 1857, Thomas Hughes. Tom Brown's School Days, chapter VI
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