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  1. n. A nickname for Ireland.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

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  • “But the patron saint of Ireland being a Frenchman, what more natural, and therefore what more proper, than that the whole Emerald Isle should slant toward the people who love art and rabbit-stew!”

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great

  • “One honest son of the Emerald Isle entered, and not understanding the matter, inquired of his brother “Pat,” in rather a loud whisper, “What's all them nagurs setting to that table for?””

    Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman

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