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BANAGHAN. He beats Banaghan; an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories. Perhaps Banaghan was a minstrel famous for dealing in the marvellous.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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