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Irishism

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I·rish·ism  (rsh-zm)
n.
An Irish idiom or custom.
Irishism
1. a word or phrase commonly used in Ireland rather than England or America, as begorra.
2. a mode of speech, idiom, or custom characteristic of the Irish. Also Iricism.
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