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- proper noun A
surname from Irish or Gaelic.
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Examples
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The wheat is reaped by either Hussey's or M'Cormick's machine, both being used on the farm, but Hussey's rather preferred, as less liable to get out of order, and, if slightly damaged, more readily repaired by the slave blacksmith on the farm.
A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy 1856
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But they urged the pursuit so rapidly, that, by the time the police took shelter in Mrs. M'Cormick's house, they were hot upon their track.
The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 Michael Doheny 1834
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Our readers may remember Nogher M'Cormick's rebuke to him, when he heard Fardorougha allude to this; and so accessible was he then to the feeling, that, on finding his heart at variance with it, he absolutely admitted his error, and prayed to God that he might be enabled to overcome it.
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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In Nogher M'Cormick's last interview with Connor, our readers will please to remember that a hint had been thrown out by that attached old follower, of Flanagan's entertaining certain guilty purposes involving nothing less than the abduction of
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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Even against persons of his own creed the Irishman thinks that revenge is a duty which he owes to himself; -- but against those of a different faith it is not only a duty but a virtue -- and any man who acts out of this feeling, either as a juror, a witness, or an elector -- for the principle is the same -- must expect to meet such retribution as was suggested by a heart like Nogher M'Cormick's, which was otherwise affectionate and honest.
Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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[Footnote 1: Light is thrown on this passage by the following curious account given in M'Cormick's _Life of Carstares_: "Mr. Carstares set out along with his highness in quality of his domestic chaplain, and went aboard of his own ship.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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I also remember that a neighbor of ours, a tailor named Cormick M'Elroy -- father, by the way, to little
The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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