blarney

  • 41Blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland, said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 42BLARNEY-STONE —    a stone in Castle Blarney, Cork, of difficult access, which is said to endow whoso kisses it with a fair spoken tongue, hence the application of the word …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 43blarney-land — blarˈney land noun Ireland • • • Main Entry: ↑blarney …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 44Blarney — geographical name town SW Ireland in central County Cork population 1952 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45blarney — Synonyms and related words: adulation, banter, blandish, blandishment, bunkum, cajole, cajolement, cajolery, compliment, con, eyewash, fair words, fawning, flattery, grease, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, incense, oil, palaver, praise, pretty… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 46blarney — Everyday English Slang in Ireland n nonsense …

    English dialects glossary

  • 47blarney — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cajolery, blandishment, malarkey*; see flattery , nonsense 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. flattery apple polishing, wheedling, fawning, cajolery, *sweet talk, *snow job. 2. *bunk *balderdash. see nonsense III …

    English dictionary for students

  • 48blarney — blar|ney [ blarni ] noun uncount MAINLY BRITISH a friendly way of talking to people and saying nice things about them that makes it easy to persuade people to do what you want …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 49blarney — blar·ney || blɑːnɪ n. flattery, blandishment; nonsense, insincere talk v. flatter; wheedle …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 50blarney — n. Flattery, adulation, smooth phrases, cajolery, gammon …

    New dictionary of synonyms