Other definitions for -ey (2 of 2)
variant of -y2, especially after y.
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How to use -ey in a sentence
Ryan then pulled a u-ey back to where he started or, at least, so it seemed.
The Car Crash Paul Ryan Should Have Avoided at the VP Debate | Michael Daly | October 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf “umami” was recently accepted into the lexicon...maybe “tomato-ey” isn't that far behind.
I thought he gave it a valiant try, but it still left me yearning for an adjective that could best "tomato-ey."
And is now going to do honour to the family all round the world, ey?
Heart | Martin Farquhar TupperThey had thought of ways in which mon-ey could be raised to help a-long the good cause.
Pages for Laughing Eyes | Unknown
No nightly trance, or breathèd spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationPull′ey-block, a shell containing one or more sheaves, the whole forming a pulley; Pull′ey-shell, the casing of a pulley-block.
Squatters haf feelin's, t'ough t'ey hafn't much honesty to poast of.
The Chainbearer | J. Fenimore Cooper
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