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Murphy

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Mur·phy  (mûrf)
n. pl. Mur·phies Slang
1. A Murphy game.
2. or murphy A potato.

[From Murphy, a common Irish name.]

Murphy, William Parry 1892-1987.
American physician. He shared a 1934 Nobel Prize for discovering that a diet of liver relieves anemia.

murphy [ˈmɜːfɪ]
n pl -phies
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a dialect or informal word for potato
[from the common Irish surname Murphy]

Murphy [ˈmɜːfɪ]
n
1. (Biographies / Murphy, Alex (1939 M, British, SPORT AND GAMES: rugby league player, SPORT AND GAMES: rugby league coach) Alex. born 1939, British rugby league player and coach
2. (Biographies / Murphy, Eddie (1951 M, US, FILMS AND TV: actor, THEATRE: comedian) Eddie, full name Edward Regan Murphy. born 1951, US film actor and comedian. His films include 48 Hours (1982), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Coming to America (1988), and Dr Dolittle (1998)
3. (Biographies / Murphy, William Parry (1892-1987) M, US, MEDICINE: physician) William Parry. 1892-1987, US physician: with G. R. Minot, he discovered the liver treatment for anaemia and they shared, with G. H. Whipple, the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1934
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Murphymurphy - an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
starches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)
solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon
root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers
baked potato - potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven
chips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries - strips of potato fried in deep fat
home fries, home-fried potatoes - sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp
jacket - the outer skin of a potato
mashed potato - potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed
Uruguay potato - similar to the common potato
Solanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine, potato - annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
Translations
Murphy [ˈmɜːfɪ] N Murphy's lawley f de la indefectible mala voluntad de los objetos inanimados


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Murphy shrieked to the moon: "Oh, ar-r-Mike, f'r Gawd's sake, where is me little bit av a boy?
Another fact, which had struck Major Murphy and three out of five of the other officers with whom I conversed, was the singular sort of depression which came upon him at times.
Come out in deh hall, Mary Murphy, damn yeh, if yehs want a row.
 
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