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machree Ir.|məˈkriː|
Also Machree, ma chree, mochree.
[Ir.-Gaelic mo chroidhe (of) my heart, my dear.]
My dear! Often in phr. Mother Machree.
1829G. Griffin Collegians (ed. 2) II. xx. 92 Coax him, ma chree, ma lanuv, to gi' me the price o' the whiskey. Ibid. xxiv. 195 Oh, ma chree, m'asthora... What ails you? 1831S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland p. xxiii, Machree, my dear. Ibid. 89 They wint to the wine-cellar, but, jew'l machree, they soon run back into his room. 1866Mrs. Gaskell Wives & Dau. II. xvi. 160 Thanks to you, little Molly—cuishla ma chree, pulse of my heart. 1918N. Munro Jaunty Jock 159 ‘I could live on the berries.., I love them!’ ‘Doubtless, mochree,’ would he answer her, laughing. 1918–19T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall & Winter 389/2 Vocal Records... Mother Machree (Tenor). 1952E. O'Neill Moon for Misbegotten (1953) 132 In a minute you'll start singing ‘Mother Machree’! 1970M. Kenyon 100,000 Welcomes iv. 32 ‘You ever been to Ireland, Louie?’..‘Every year... Ol' Mother Machree. And see the Micks get stoned.’ 1973Listener 1 Mar. 277/2 The Celtic Revival, born as it was of romantic nationalism—Mother Machree, Kathleen ni Houlihan and the whole pack of Gaelic Norns started calling to us. |