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mavourneen

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ma·vour·neen also ma·vour·nin  (m-vrnn)
n. Irish
My darling.
[Irish Gaelic mo mhuirnín : mo, my (from Old Irish; see me-1 in Indo-European roots) + muirnín, darling, diminutive of muirn, delight (from Old Irish, tumult, revels).]
mavourneen, mavournin [məˈvʊəniːn]
n
Irish my darling
[from Irish, from mo my + muirnīn love]
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"That's all to no use, Mounseer Frog, mavourneen," thinks I; and I talked as hard and as fast as I could all the while, and throth it was mesilf jist that divarted her leddyship complately and intirely, by rason of the illigant conversation that I kipt up wid her all about the dear bogs of Connaught.
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Miss Field sang "Kathleen Mavourneen," and the Queen thanked her by telephone, saying she was "immensely pleased.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
 
 
 
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