Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Murphy game.
- noun A potato.
- Audie Leon,American soldier who was the most decorated American combat veteran of World War II. In later years he became a popular actor in war movies and Westerns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A potato.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Humorous A potato.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A common
Irish surname , the Anglicized form ofGaelic Ó Murchadha - proper noun A male
given name in occasional use, transferred from the surname. - noun An Irish or white potato.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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ROYCE MURPHY: Huckabee Commuted Sentence, Murphy Was Freed.
12/05/2007 2007
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William Murphy came up with the wall-bed concept at the turn of the 20th century, according to Matthew Lahn , general manager of Murphy Bed Co., which calls itself the "original Murphy Bed Company," although any manufacturer can use the name Murphy bed.
A Comeback for the Much Maligned Murphy Bed Elizabeth Holmes 2011
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THE GOOD NEWS: Kevin Murphy is looking like a star in the Ohio Valley Conference right now, with two more years in the fold after finishing as the fifth-best scorer in the conference this year as a sophomore.
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The comparison of the 6-0 Iverson to the 5-9″ Calvin Murphy is insightful.
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KEY RETURNEES: Kevin Murphy is the key to the Golden Eagles being competitive in 2010-11.
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I have a sinking feeling that geoengineering will follow what I call Murphy's Law of Unintended Consequences: Whatever can go wrong, will, and it's probably something you didn't think of.
Lynn Parramore: Superfreaky: The Wild World of Geoengineering 2010
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DONNELLY: You see, there would be zero tolerance if anyone disagrees, if the new lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender, what we call Murphy's LGBT Law, passes.
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Murphy is cute and appealing; but I believe that before this was tagged a Murphy vehicle, there was an interesting screenplay that is only glimpsed at the end.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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Murphy is cute and appealing; but I believe that before this was tagged a Murphy vehicle, there was an interesting screenplay that is only glimpsed at the end.
Little Black Book 2005
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DONNELLY: You see, there would be zero tolerance if anyone disagrees, if the new lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender, what we call Murphy's LGBT Law, passes.
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