blarney

n.	1.	Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. Blarney stone a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland (built in 1446), said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney.
v. t.	1.	To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. [imp. & p. p. Blarneyed (-nĭd); p. pr. & vb. n. Blarneying.] Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. - S. G. Goodrich.

Noun	1.	blarney - flattery designed to gain favor Synonyms: coaxing, soft soap, sweet talk
Verb	1.	blarney - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" Synonyms: cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, palaver

adulation, banter, blandish, blandishment, bunkum, cajole, cajolement, cajolery, compliment, con, eyewash, fair words, fawning, flattery, grease, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, incense, oil, palaver, praise, pretty lies, soap, soft soap, soft-soap, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, sweet-talk, sycophancy, wheedle, wheedling

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