murphy
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A studio apartment with a shared murphy bed became their home.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
A piece of sea-weed has often, heretofore, been used as a barometer; but it is only of late that this purpose has been answered by a murphy.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by John Leech
Mike reached over and carefully selected a big murphy, which he held with the thumb of his left hand and fingers circling about it.
From The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters by Burton Donnel Hughes
As far as I remimber, I began with murphies, when I was two feet high, in my father's cabin in ould Ireland.
From Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Jack Robinson earnestly advised the faithless man to go home, and help his grandmother, thenceforth, to plant murphies; after which he embarked in his canoe alone, and paddled away into the dreary north.
From Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
As far as I remimber, I began with murphies, when I was two foot high, in my father’s cabin in ould Ireland.
From Martin Rattler by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
This was no very cruel task, for "the rich tawny soil seemed specially adapted to the crop; the great yellow murphies rolling out of the hills like eggs from a nest."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
She bakes such stunning murphies, we'll have a penn'orth each for tea.
From Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes
