blarneys

Government for a wound-gratuity until the next little war breaks out, when he perjures himself before a Medical Board, blarneys his Colonel, burns incense round his Adjutant, and is allowed to go to the Front once more.

Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

If he lives, he writes Home that he has been "potted," "sniped," "chipped" or "cut over," and sits down to besiege Government for a wound-gratuity until the next little war breaks out, when he perjures himself before a Medical Board, blarneys his

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

Perhaps the best of the city's blarneys, but not the place to discuss your plans to build or renovate with nonunion labor.

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An 'supposen Ole King Billy an' his ole black gin comes round at holiday time and squats on the verander, an 'blarneys an' wheedles and whines and argues like a hundred Jews an 'ole Irishwomen put tergether, an' accuses me o 'takin' his blarsted country from him, an 'makes me an' the missus laugh; an 'we gives him a bottl'er rum an' a bag of grub ter get rid of him an 'his rotten ole scarecrow tribe -- It all tells up.

Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894