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Moll Kelly

Proper noun
obsolete
Japanese Meaning
(旧式) 誓いを立てる際に用いられる架空の人物名。特に「Moll Kellyの権力によって」という表現の中で、無教育なアイルランド人の言葉遣いを風刺する際に登場する。
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古い街のバラッドで、バイオリン弾きは「誓いに用いられる架空の女性の力によって」と誓い、その名を古風な誓いの掛け声として使った。

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(obsolete) A fictional person used in swearing oaths, especially By the powers of Moll Kelly, often in caricatures of the speech of uneducated Irish people.

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Moll Kelly

In the old street ballad, the fiddler swore, 'By the powers of Moll Kelly,' using the name as an archaic oath.

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In the old street ballad, the fiddler swore, 'By the powers of Moll Kelly,' using the name as an archaic oath.

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