English Explanatory Dictionary

Dear Joy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Irishman.

Word forms

Dear Joy Dear Joys

Etymology

From the supposed propensity of 17th-century Irishmen to exclaim ‘dear joy’.

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