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Definition of blarney :
1. Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.
2. To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney.
Synonyms:
clack, prate, piffle, coaxing, gabble, blabber, tittle-tattle, slaver, inveigle, cajole, sweet-talk, oil, maunder, twaddle, gibber, prattle, nonsense, coax, malarkey, green soap, blandishment, blab, palaver, flattery, honeyed words, praise, incense, chatter, wheedle, adulation, soft soap, tattle
Usage examples:
- Jack, indeed, was an apt disciple of the Blarney Stone, and could pay compliments with any man in Ireland. - "Pixie O'Shaughnessy", Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey.
- Lever places in a strong light the blarney and blunders of the Irish, and his stories generally begin in farce and end in caricature. - "Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland", Henry B. Stanton.
- " Really, Mr. Free-" " Arrah, none of your blarney! - "Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2)", Charles Lever.