Malarky

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of malarkey. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "'Smuggling,' she said. 'has a fine romantic ring about it—once aboard the lugger, you heave ho and all that kind of malarky. [...]'"

  2. 2
    empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

Synonyms

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idle wordsjazzmalarkeynothingnesswindwind

Example

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"'Smuggling,' she said. 'has a fine romantic ring about it—once aboard the lugger, you heave ho and all that kind of malarky. [...]'"

Etymology

Variant of Mullarkey.

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