Meaning of arrah | Babel Free

Definitions

An expletive.

archaic, slang

Examples

“"Whisht! whisht! Of what are ye thinking, ye silly gossoons? Will ye bring down the peace officers upon ye, and take out the bit o' the night in the prison, instead o' drinking me health, as ye may, and me helping to do that same? Arrah! Why should ye glower and snarl at each other, like a kennel o' mad puppies, when it's the brave frolic ye may have together?”

“"Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? "Arrah, Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?"”

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