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Irony

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A dissembling. (Greek, eĭron, a dissembler, eironeia.)

“So grave a body upon so solemn an occasion should not deal in irony, or explain their meaning by contraries.”—Swift.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Iron Mask
Iron-tooth [Dent de Fer]
Iron Crown of Lombardy
Iron entered into his Soul (The)
Iron Maiden of Nuremberg (The)
Irons (In)
Ironclad (An)
Ironclad Oath (The)
Ironside
Ironsides
Irony
Irony of Fate (The)
Iroquois (An)
Irrefragable Doctor
Irrelevant
Irresistible
Irritable Genus (The)
Irspilles Felles
Irtish Ferry
Irus
Irvingites

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