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Cause Of Irish Emigration In The 1840S 50S Crossword Clue

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83%6Cause of 1840s-'50s emigration from Ireland
noun

• an acute insufficiency

• a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

33%5 Invented by Alabama Vest in the 1840s
noun

• a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece

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New York Times13 Dec 2009 Across 115 POTATOFAMINE
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