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Blarney

verb
(past & past part. blarneyed; pres. part. blarneying)
1.
Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.  Synonyms: cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle.



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"Blarney" Quotes from Famous Books



... tie, when he stood before woman he was voiceless, incoherent, stuttering, buried beneath a hot avalanche of bashfulness and misery. What then was he before Katherine? A trembler, with no word to say for himself, a stone without blarney, the dumbest lover that ever babbled of the weather in the presence ...
— The Trimmed Lamp and Others • O Henry

... your blarney,' says the squire, 'here's my leg,' says he, cockin' it up to him, 'pull it for the bare life,' says he; 'an' if you don't, by the immortial powers I'll not lave a bone in your carcish I'll ...
— J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

... "Blarney," thought I; "tidy as your little Wave is, she won't deceive old Dick—he is not the man to take a herring for a horse; she must be making signals to some ...
— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott



Words linked to "Blarney" :   bully, flattery, browbeat, soft-soap, sweet talk, persuade, swagger



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