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shamrockery

shamrockery noun: inauthentic Irishness.

Noun

shamrockery (uncountable)

  1. inauthentic Irishness

Origin of shamrockery

From shamrock + -ery, perhaps influenced by sham.

Questions about shamrockery

What does shamrockery mean?
Shamrockery means inauthentic Irishness.
What part of speech is shamrockery?
Shamrockery is a noun.

Words near shamrockery in the dictionary

  1. shampoolike
  2. shampoos
  3. shampos
  4. Shamps
  5. shamrock
  6. shamrockery
  7. shamrocklike
  8. shamrocks
  9. shamrocky
  10. shams
  11. shams Abraham

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