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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Murphy \Mur"phy\, n.
A potato. [Humorous]
--Thackeray.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Gaelic Murchadh "sea-warrior." The Celtic "sea" element is also in names Muriel (q.v.), Murdoch (Old Irish Muireadhach, Old Welsh Mordoc "mariner"), etc. Murphy bed (1925) is named for U.S. inventor William Lawrence Murphy (1876-1959). By happy coincidence, Murphy was an illiterate 18c.-19c. perversion of Morpheus, god of sleep.
WordNet
n. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland [syn: potato, white potato, Irish potato, spud, tater]
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FIPS code: 50834
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.492954 N, 90.486544 W
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Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.089848 N, 84.029924 W
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Location: 33.010233 N, 96.606959 W
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Wikipedia
Murphy is an Anglicized version of two Irish surnames: Ó Murchadha/Ó Murchadh ("descendant of Murchadh"), and Mac Murchaidh/ Mac Murchadh ("son of Murchadh") derived from the Irish personal name Murchadh, which meant "sea-warrior" or "sea-battler". (Muir meaning "sea" and cath meaning "battle").
It is said of Murrough (Murchadh) as he entered the thick of the fight and prepared to assail the foreign invaders, the Danes, when they had repulsed the Dal-Cais, that 'he was seized with a boiling terrible anger, an excessive elevation and greatness of spirit and mind. A bird of valour and championship rose in him, and fluttered over his head and on his breath.
In modern Irish, "Ó Murchú", rather than "Ó Murchadha", is used.
Murphy is the most common surname in Ireland, the fourteenth most common surname in Northern Ireland and the fifty-eighth most common surname in the United States.
Murphy, first published in 1938, is an avant-garde novel as well as the third work of prose fiction by the Irish author and dramatist Samuel Beckett. The book was Beckett's second published prose work after the short-story collection More Pricks than Kicks (published in 1934) and his unpublished first novel Dream of Fair to Middling Women (published posthumously in 1992). It was written in English, rather than the French of much of Beckett's later writing. After many rejections, it was published by Routledge on the recommendation of Beckett's painter friend Jack Butler Yeats.
Murphy is the first novel in Murphy series by Gary Paulsen. It was published in January, 1987 by Walker & Company.
Category:1987 American novels Category:Novels by Gary Paulsen Category:Western (genre) novels Category:American novellas
Murphy (wrestler) may refer to:
- Buddy Murphy, who has worked for WWE NXT as Murphy
- Mikael Judas, who has worked for TNA Wrestling as Murphy
Murphy is a common Irish surname.
Murphy may also refer to:
- Murphy (novel), a novel by Samuel Beckett
- Murphy (novella), a 1987 novella by Gary Paulsen
- Murphy, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Murphy, California, U.S.
- Murphy, Idaho, U.S.
- Murphy, Missouri, U.S.
- Murphy, North Carolina, U.S.
- Murphy, Texas, U.S.
- Murphy, Virginia, U.S.
- Murphy, West Virginia, U.S.
- USS Murphy (DD-603), a Benson-class destroyer
- Murphy Aircraft, a Canadian company
- Murphy Oil Soap, a cleaning product
- Murphy Radio, manufacturer of home radio sets
- Murphy High School (Alabama), a high school in Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
- Murphy High School (North Carolina)
Usage examples of "murphy".
I liked it better, other than to say it had a certain grace that the larger Ahu Tongariki lacked, something Brian Murphy attributed to the sensitive restoration work of his hero, Bill Mulloy.
But the heavy winter clothing she was wearing could have easily concealed a small handgun, and Anse was beginning to suspect that Noelle Murphy was someone who was often full of surprises.
Murphy was a NASA astrophysicist until 1998, when he left the space agency to become a freelance writer.
Defensively, coordinator Ray Rhodes made a great move by switching cornerback Leroy Butler to strong safety, replacing retired veteran Mark Murphy.
Rob Weisbach Books and William Morrow: Bill Wright, Patricia Alvarez, Jacqueline Deval, Michael Murphy, Lisa Queen, Sharyn Rosenblum, Elizabeth Riley, Jeanette Zwart, Richard L.
In the early hours of the morning two prisoners were captured by the farmers near their position, one of whom was a Fenian captain named Murphy, and the other one of his men.
Bly walked on to where Shadow, an evil-eyed grulla, was being saddled for Deke Murphy, who perched on the side of the chute.
Murphy, who had to fight and claw and play dirty with the hairiest men in Chicago to get as far as she has.
Major Hinton was among the dead, while Captain Murphy was wounded so grievously that no one was certain that his name would not soon be added to the grim tally.
Major Hinton was killed, the Legion lost not just a commanding officer but a friend, a sidesman of the church, a brother-in-law, a creditor, a hunting companion, and above all, a neighbor, and if Murphy died they would lose another.
The Quarter has always been a cash cow the city is not about to give over to jackrollers, crack dealers, Murphy artists, and indiscreet hookers.
The diary was the one kept by the Labadist missionaries--Dankers and Sluyter--and was only recently unearthed by Henry Murphy at The Hague.
Murphy, seizing me by one of my ears, which he pulled so unmercifully that he altered the shape of it very considerably, making it something like the leeboard of a Dutch schuyt.
Murphy, semidomesticated and enjoying her closeness to Harry, had no desire to see the nondomesticated animals killed.
Still nothing as Mrs Murphy came in, her hem sagging, her coat smelling of bonfires, her legs still ulcerating but according to the notes this was now due in the main to hardening of the arteries.