Chapter III

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

cattle that are reared for their meat

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

muscular and heavily built

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

see with attention

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

in addition to; as well as

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

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From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

plural of “blow” — a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

a youthful male person

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

a thick and heavy shoe

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

move very slightly

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

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From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

muscular and heavily built

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

plural of “case” — an occurrence of something

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

opinion or judgment

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

having lost freshness or brilliance of color

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

plural of “fist” — a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

plural of “freckle” — a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

the time yet to come

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

a mental representation of some haunting experience

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

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From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

plural of “ham” — meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

people of Ireland or of Irish extraction

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

the sound of laughing

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

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From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

carefree and happy and lighthearted

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

being nothing more than specified

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

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From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

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From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

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From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

relating to time long past

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

a list of employees and their salaries

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

in a picturesque manner

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

an act of economizing; reduction in cost

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

a male human offspring

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

not in physical motion

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

third-person singular of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

a tart spicy quality

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

the dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading MICKY Michael O'Byrn, picturesquely Irish, so his name appeared on the payroll, but from the cases to the press room they called him Micky.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

plural of “vicissitude” — a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Micky had the Irish heart, but he was short on fists and beef and possessed the mere ghost of a brogue.

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From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Mike would have been a misfit, for its tang suggests a burly, bull-necked son of Erin with fists like hams and a brogue of gravy-like thickness, a boisterous, beefy, big-hearted broth of a boy of blows and budge.

marked by wrinkles

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

a late time of life

From this reading Besides, O'Byrn's pseudonym suggests juvenility, and Micky's four and twenty years, with their palpable vicissitudes, had not robbed him of that saving grace.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading Indeed, on meeting him, light-hearted and laughter-loving as he was in youth, your imagination would experience little effort in leaping a long leap into futurity to behold him a generation on, white-polled and with the olden freckles faded in his wrinkled face; still the laugh on his lips, the light of quizzical humor in his blue eyes.