Dey
[dei]
Definition
(n.) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
(n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
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Definition
n. a dairy-maid.
n. a name given to the pasha or governor of Algiers before the French conquest.
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Examples
- Why, dey wan't no 'count 't all. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Keep close to yer mammy, Albert,--close,--dey'll put us up togedder, she said. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I go, an dey make me pay fore von book, vish I read. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Dey needn't call me worn out yet, said she, lifting her shaking hands. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Vot do dey show to me fore all dis money? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I ask--and dey tell me to go to Somaresetous, an to Pell Mell, vat you call. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Couldn't dey leave me one? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On September 29th speech was successfully transmitted by wire from the headquarters of the company at 15 Dey Street, New York, to the radio station at Arlington, Va. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Dey must, child; I can't live, no ways, if they don't said the old creature, vehemently. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mother's bar'ls is like dat ar widder's, Mas'r George was reading 'bout, in de good book,--dey never fails, said Mose, aside to Peter. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Wal, but, Mas'r, Tom and Misse Cassy, and dey among 'em, filled Lucy's basket. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Dat state dey fell out of. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I've hearn 'em tell how dey works 'em up on dem ar plantations. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Don't dey tear wife and husband apart? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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