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Emerald Isle en · PROPN
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A nickname for Ireland.
Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defile
The cause, or the men, of the Emerald Isle.
1795, William Drennan, Erin iii:[…] with our diminishing supply of gasoline, our situation might be serious. Minutes passed and we saw no Emerald Isle.
1932, Amelia Earhart, “Across the Atlantic with the Friendship”, in The Fun of It, page 78:
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Green Isle