Mullarkey

name, noun

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Definitions

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

    "Look, the quare fellow’s got to be buried in the morning, whether we like it or not, so cut the mullarkey and get back to work."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

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Example

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"Look, the quare fellow’s got to be buried in the morning, whether we like it or not, so cut the mullarkey and get back to work."

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilearca (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Earc”), perhaps a byname from earc (“newt”).

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