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macushla
[ muh-koosh-luh ]
noun
Irish English.
- darling.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of macushla1
First recorded in 1830–35; from Irish Gaelic mo chuisle, literally, “my pulse”
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Example Sentences
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I have neither kith nor kin nor Macushla my dog.
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The Irish put down my poor innocent Macushla.
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Macushla would love a dinner of a nice plump Irish infant, wouldn’t you, you oul’ hoor?
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And I tell her how Uncle Pat doesn’t want me anymore and how they put Mr. Timoney in the City Home for laughing just because Macushla bit the postman, the milkman and a passing nun.
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A woman next door to Mr.Timoney tells me I’m wasting my time knocking on the door, Macushla bit the postman, the milkman and a passing nun on the same day and Mr.Timoney couldn’t stop laughing though he cried when the dog was taken away to be put down.
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