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shamrocky

shamrocky adjective: related to, resembling, or covered in shamrocks; by extension, stereotypically associated with Ireland.

Adjective

shamrocky (comparative more shamrocky, superlative most shamrocky)

  1. Related to, resembling, or covered in shamrocks; by extension, stereotypically associated with Ireland.
    • Lord Zetland had hardly a single tie to Ireland, save a few relations residing there ; nor does he own an acre of its shamrocky soil.1913, Edward Legge, More About King Edward, page 71
    • Everything was green and shamrocky, like Saint Patrick's day in a Polish saloon—the spirit was there but the main business was something else and in a different nationality.1992, Bill Granger, Drover, page 55

Forms of shamrocky

comparativemore shamrocky
superlativemost shamrocky

Origin of shamrocky

From shamrock + -y.

Questions about shamrocky

What does shamrocky mean?
Shamrocky means related to, resembling, or covered in shamrocks; by extension, stereotypically associated with Ireland.
What part of speech is shamrocky?
Shamrocky is an adjective.

Words near shamrocky in the dictionary

  1. Shamps
  2. shamrock
  3. shamrockery
  4. shamrocklike
  5. shamrocks
  6. shamrocky
  7. shams
  8. shams Abraham
  9. shams Abram
  10. Shamses
  11. shamsheer

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