Irish bull
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Etymology
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Noun
Irish bull (plural Irish bulls)
- A ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement.
- 1878 October 1, John Oxenford, “Lord Dundreary”, in The Theater: A Monthly Review and Magazine, volume 1, London: Wyman & Sons, pages 198–199:
- Like the argot once confined to a class, some of his phrases have become part of the general idiom. A Dundrearyism can be recognized as soon as uttered, like an Irish bull.