She was charmed by his blarney.
a tale with more than a hint of blarney
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Dinner, blarney and shenanigans with music and entertainment from Todd Menton (founder of Boiled in Lead), Peter Guertin, The O’Shea Irish Dancers and Katie McMahon (voice of River Dance).—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2025 Some tales are blarney.—Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023 To many would-be publishers, the title sounded like a bunch of blarney — even in the early 1990s, many people still considered Ireland a conservative backwater and a cultural appendage to Britain.—Clay Risen, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022 After years of listening to Boris Johnson’s blarney, many Britons have had their fill, at least for now, of hot air cleverly channelled.—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for blarney
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Etymology
Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland, held to bestow skill in flattery on those who kiss it
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