mavourneen

Definitions

Examples

• Lady Mavourneen, who tells a little story with great humor, described a scene in a crowded church in Paris.

• The courtesy which Lady Mavourneen observed in the railway station and in the street was plain, but it was genuine.

• "It's quite all right, mavourneen," he assured her mischievously.

• Your father will be sorry you take it like that, mavourneen.

• One is not surprised at their being addressed by such mellifluous epithets as Cushla machree, asthore, mavourneen!