"murphy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɜːfi/ [UK], /ˈmɝfi/ [US] Forms: murphies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fi Etymology: From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} murphy (plural murphies)
  1. An Irish or white potato. Categories (lifeform): Potatoes
    Sense id: en-murphy-en-noun-vdkZkZxh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).",
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      "tags": [
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        },
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          "langcode": "en",
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            "Root vegetables",
            "Solanums",
            "Plants",
            "Vegetables",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Foods",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "1857, Thomas Hughes., chapter VI, in Tom Brown's School Days:",
          "text": "\"[…",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1848, William Thackeray, \"Peg of Limavaddy\", in The Irish Sketch Book (1848), page 147",
          "text": "To the chimney nook, / Having found admittance, / There I watch a pup / Playing with two kittens / (Playing round the fire, / Which of blazing turf is, / Roaring to the pot / Which bubbles with the murphies) […]"
        }
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          "Irish",
          "Irish potato"
        ],
        [
          "white potato",
          "white potato"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːfi/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɝfi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Murphy"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)fi"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "etymology_text": "From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)fi",
        "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)fi/2 syllables",
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          "ref": "1857, Thomas Hughes., chapter VI, in Tom Brown's School Days:",
          "text": "\"[…",
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          "ref": "a. 1848, William Thackeray, \"Peg of Limavaddy\", in The Irish Sketch Book (1848), page 147",
          "text": "To the chimney nook, / Having found admittance, / There I watch a pup / Playing with two kittens / (Playing round the fire, / Which of blazing turf is, / Roaring to the pot / Which bubbles with the murphies) […]"
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        ],
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          "white potato"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɜːfi/",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɝfi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Murphy"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)fi"
    }
  ],
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}

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