Murphy

Definitions

1. An Irish or white potato.
2. A common surname from Irish, the anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha
3. Ellipsis of Murphy game (“type of confidence trick”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang
4. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A census-designated place, the county seat of Owyhee County, Idaho.
7. A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Missouri.
8. A town, the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina.
9. A city in Collin County, Texas.
10. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia.
11. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
12. A town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

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Examples

“After a long talk⟳ between these two, and a little broken English from the Frenchmen, our visitors took leave⟳; but Father Murphy had hardly gone a dozen rods when back he came, inquiring whether we were in want⟳ of anything.”

“A Granite Bay home previously owned by actor and comedian Eddie Murphy is back on the market for $12 million.”

“Sonja made me promise⟳ I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name⟳. But her daughter had changed her name⟳ to London.”

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“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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