BLARNEY

(noun) flattery designed to gain favor
synonyms : coaxing , soft soap , sweet talk
(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
"He palavered her into going along"
synonyms : cajole , coax , inveigle , palaver , sweet-talk , wheedle
The minister cajoled the king to get the order implemented. -added by Aswathy_inlas
To inveigle/cajole the beautiful girl in veil to show up her face. -added by vikktest
she wheedled some money out of her father -added by pragati_gupta
The kids can always wheedle money out of their father -added by bugmenot

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London Wildlife Trust: Life Cycle Garden. Helen inveigles a member of the public into installling a pond in their garden

Mnemonics for blarney

(Tag: ) BLARNEY: BLA-RNEY. Means flattery or useless talk to gain favour. We can rewrite it as "BLA BLA BLA BLA to Rain iN Everyone's Yes" (BLA-R-N-E-Y). Take note of the Capital letters.
added by cheeseqo Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) BLURny....when I have to flatter my girlfriend I say when you are in front of me I cannot see things clearly(BLUR) I can only see you...thus blarney
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