subs. (colloquial).—Irish whiskey; FENIAN (q.v.).

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  1893.  H. CRACKANTHORPE, Wreckage, 125. ‘Mary,… a large IRISH for Mr. Hays here.’

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  TO GET ONE’S IRISH UP, verb. phr. (common).—To get angry. Also TO GET ONE’S DUTCH (or, in America, INDIAN) UP.

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  Adj. (common).—(An epithet expressive of contempt and derogation: as, THE IRISH-ARMS (or -LEGS) = thick legs. See MULLINGAR HEIFER.

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  NO IRISH NEED APPLY, phr. (American).—‘You’re not wanted’; GIT! (q.v.).

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  YOU’RE IRISH, phr. (common).—Said of any one talking unintelligibly.

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