Phrase guide
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phrase
A generic, cheerful greeting said to someone in the morning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, New-England, archaic, humorous, idiomatic, sometimes
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
A working-class phrase once popular throughout the British Isles, possibly in reference to cream rising in milk. It has been revived into popular consciousness, and is associated with Irishmen, by the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).
