murphy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).

Noun[edit]

murphy (plural murphies)

  1. An Irish or white potato.
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes., chapter VI, in Tom Brown's School Days:
      " […] she bakes such stunning murphies—we'll have a penn'orth each for tea; come along, or they'll all be gone."
    • a. 1848, William Thackeray, "Peg of Limavaddy", in The Irish Sketch Book (1848), page 147
      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) […]
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