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Meanings of blarney in English

Catalan
raspallada

Flattery designed to gain favor.

        raspallada
        Portuguese
        adular

        Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.

            adular

            To flatter in an obsequious manner.

                  Usage of blarney in English
                  1
                  You're not going to soften me up with your sweet-talking blarney anymore.
                  For the love of mike
                  2
                  Sure, the blarney-stone is getting a good rub now, I said playfully.
                  My Brilliant Career
                  3
                  Now go 'way wid your blarney, and don't be talking to me.
                  Hope and Have; or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians: A Story for Yo...
                  4
                  The closest word the German language has for blarney is Schmus.
                  The Irish Times
                  5
                  No doubt his blarney was a source of inspiration for me.
                  Riding rockets
                  6
                  Lizzie spoke soothingly, all the blarney of Kerry in her voice.
                  The Bat
                  7
                  The sweet gift of blarney dwelt on his broad red lips.
                  The Cobbler In The Devil's Kitchen / From "Mackinac And Lake Sto...
                  8
                  Her gaze narrowed at the touch of blarney in his voice.
                  Ryan's place
                  9
                  I know he's a soft talker, and can blarney to beat the band.
                  The Airplane Boys among the Clouds; Or, Young Aviators in a Wrec...
                  10
                  And she laughed and said something about being good at blarney, whatever that means.
                  For the love of mike
                  11
                  Having first dosed me with blarney, he proceeded to deluge the legislature with balderdash.
                  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
                  12
                  Is it a blarney stone or a lump of gold that Mike has found?
                  The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
                  13
                  The abilities of the Honourable Tom Ferrol lay in a splendid plausibility, a spontaneous blarney.
                  The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete
                  14
                  Clopin interrupted him: I believe that you are trying to blarney us with your jargon.
                  Notre-Dame de Paris
                  15
                  Any more and I'll think you're full of blarney.
                  Heart of stone
                  16
                  Him with his blarney about us being related. She hoisted up the bosoms and sniffed.
                  For the love of mike
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                  adular
                  Blarney through the time
                  Blarney across language varieties
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