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Blarney Stone

noun
1.
A stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it.





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"Blarney Stone" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the compliment, and said, lightly: "Father told me once that Irishmen were great hands at compliments. He told me that there was some stone that people went to an old castle to kiss—I think that he called it the Blarney Stone—and after that they were able to say all sorts of ...
— With Moore At Corunna • G. A. Henty
... me that's the lady-killer, sir," grinned Riley. "I'm a regular Blarney stone when I'm out on a job of that sort. Sure, I'll have some of them for you ...
— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds


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