Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A poetic name for Ireland.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun poetic
Ireland ; anglicisation of IrishÉireann - proper noun A female
given name (also sometimes a male name).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry
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Examples
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MARSHALL GROSSMAN, ERIN ANDREWS ` ATTORNEY: Well, right now, Erin is totally focused on assisting the FBI and the U.S.
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KELLI ZINK, FRIEND OF ERIN ANDREWS: Erin is very conservative.
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Ms. SARA FRETHEIM: We all know what Erin is involved with, what's going on in her life and that we all know one another.
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Ms. SARA FRETHEIM: We all know what Erin is involved with, what's going on in her life and that we all know one another.
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Ms. SARA FRETHEIM: We all know what Erin is involved with, what's going on in her life and that we all know one another.
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Ms. SARA FRETHEIM: We all know what Erin is involved with, what's going on in her life and that we all know one another.
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A number of important Saudi wells have stopped producing and Erin is the world's foremost expert in resolving just these kinds of complications.
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But I felt like this was mostly adequate, and as such, just an excuse not to give Erin the first picture this week, so that we don't realize what we already know: Erin is killing it and could very well take the whole thing.
Lu of averages 2009
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HHI inside scoop: Erin is so dedicated she still provided care to our families while she was on crutches with a broken foot!
Volunteer Week 2009 2010
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We don't want to give anything away, but it looks like sweet, little Erin is the one doing most of the slashing.
'The 3rd Floor': 'The Office' Teases Online Halloween Horror Flick (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word Erin
Erin is a color that is halfway between green and spring green on the color wheel. It is named after Erin, a poetic name for Ireland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_(color)
I don't blame you for disliking this color, Erin. Where would you prefer to appear on the color wheel?
April 11, 2022
bilby commented on the word Erin
My new saying is "Well, toss me on the colour wheel and spin me like a 78 playing Blueberry Hill."
April 13, 2022