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Murphy

  (mûr') pronunciation
n. Slang., pl. -phies.
  1. A Murphy game.
  2. or murphy A potato.

[From Murphy, a common Irish name.]


 
 

Murphy (1938), a burlesque novel by Samuel Beckett, set in London, in which an Irishman attempts to free himself from his attachments in a series of contrivances that parody the mind/ body distinction in Cartesian philosophy.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
  Synonyms: potato, white potato, Irish potato, spud, tater


 
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