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A common surname from Irish, the anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha
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A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place, the county seat of Owyhee County, Idaho.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Collin County, Texas.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
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A town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
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noun
Ellipsis of Murphy game (“type of confidence trick”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang
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noun
An Irish or white potato.
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verb
To swindle by means of the Murphy game confidence trick.
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noun
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: potato, white potato, Irish potato, spud, tater
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Broader terms: starches, solanaceous vegetable, root vegetable
Narrower terms: baked potato, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, chips, home fries, home-fried potatoes, mashed potato, Uruguay potato
History
From Irish Ó Murchadha (“descendant of Murrough”), Mac Murchaidh (“Son of Murrough”), etc. See Muircath.
From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).
