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in the arms of murphy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
in- the arm-s of -mur-phy
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Asleep.

Humorous; Slang

Etymology

Humorous corruption of in the arms of Morpheus.

Usage

Questions

What does in the arms of murphy mean?
Asleep.
Where does in the arms of murphy come from?
Humorous corruption of in the arms of Morpheus.

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