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merrigan

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merrigan¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Wiradjuri mirrigan.

noun merrigans

  1. a dog or dingo 1980, P. Pepper, You Are What You Make Yourself ’Course, they had the merrigarn with them—that’s their dingo.

Merrigan²

Where it comes from

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muireagáin.

proper noun Merrigans

  1. A surname from Irish.

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"merrigan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/merrigan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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merrigan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/merrigan

Chicago

"merrigan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/merrigan.

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@misc{merrigan_2026,
  title = {merrigan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/merrigan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}