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Meanings of Irish bull in English

Portuguese
papo-furado

Obscene words for unacceptable behavior.

papo-furado
Usage of Irish bull in English
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The video shows an Irish bull awaiting slaughter in Lebanon.
The Irish Times
2
If that were the case, it would an admirable example of an Irish bull!
Tales and Novels — Volume 04
3
It is the bull in the china shop-the Irish bull amongst the American china-dangerous, you know.
An American Politician: A Novel
4
Northern Ireland is the matador's cape that is distracting the Irish bull from his real problem.
The Irish Times
5
He was one of those half-witted geniuses who catch at the shadow of an Irish bull.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04
6
No; and that isn't an Irish bull, either.
The Rules of the Game
7
The idea that we could involves the same absurdity as the Irish bull about the new boots.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
8
After all, the best part of Altdorf, to make an Irish bull, lies outside of the village.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 / Germany, Austria-H...
9
But that is an Irish bull-foryou must know that we have no night in the spirit world.
Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
10
I was considering, that this is like what they would call an Irish bull, if I had said it.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04
11
Listen to the Irish bull!
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
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The most interesting of these-readerswill excuse the Irish bull-isa monument that may be said never to have existed!
East of Paris: Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champa...
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RICHARDSON'S life of Picasso has left all contenders at the back of the queue, if that is not an Irish bull.
The Irish Times
14
This type of tale, indeed, may be pretty fairly paralleled with the ordinary anecdote terminating in a repartee or an Irish bull.
Heretics
15
Nobody in the office knew that Pearson's Magazine was falling into a stale Irish bull, which must be as old as St. Patrick.
Heretics
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From this period most probably dates the famous English sarcasm against Irish bulls.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
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