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arrah

arrah interjection: an expletive.

Interjection

  1. (archaic, slang) An expletive.
    • "Whisht! whisht! Of what are ye thinking, ye silly gossoons? Will ye bring down the peace officers upon ye, and take out the bit o' the night in the prison, instead o' drinking me health, as ye may, and me helping to do that same? Arrah! Why should ye glower and snarl at each other, like a kennel...1913, anonymous author, chapter VI, in Live to be Useful or, The Story of Annie Lee and Her Irish Nurse
    • "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see?
      "Arrah, Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?"c. 1850s, Anonymous, Finnegan's Wake (folk song)

Questions about arrah

What does arrah mean?
Arrah means an expletive.
What part of speech is arrah?
Arrah is an interjection.

Words near arrah in the dictionary

  1. Arragonian
  2. Arragonians
  3. arragonite
  4. arragonites
  5. arragonitic
  6. arrah
  7. arraign
  8. arraignable
  9. arraigned
  10. arraignee
  11. arraignees

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