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Pronunciation
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Etymology
A working-class phrase once popular throughout the British Isles, possibly in reference to cream rising in milk. It has been revived into popular consciousness, and is associated with Irishmen, by the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).
Meanings
- (Ireland, New-England, archaic, humorous, idiomatic, sometimes) A generic, cheerful greeting said to someone in the morning.
Relateds
wikipedia: British Isles · wikipedia: Darby O'Gill and the Little People