Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - blarney
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Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something. N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland, held to bestow skill in flattery on those who kiss it Date: 1784 1. skillful flattery ; blandishment 2. nonsense, humbug • ~ verb BLARNEY geographical name town SW Ireland in central County Cork population 1952 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 cajoling talk; flattery. 2 nonsense. --v. (-eys, -eyed) 1 tr. flatter (a person) with blarney. 2 intr. talk flatteringly. Etymology: Blarney, an Irish castle near Cork with a stone said to confer a cajoling tongue on whoever kisses it ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1819, from Blarney Stone, in a castle near Cork, Ireland; reached wide currency through Lady Blarny, the smooth-talking flatterer in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" (1766). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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