blarney stone

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   a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it

   Broaderstone

Questions about blarney stone

What does blarney stone mean?

blarney stone means "a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it".

Is blarney stone a common word?

blarney stone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.