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dey
[ dey ]
noun
- the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- a title sometimes used by the former rulers of Tunis and Tripoli.
dey
/ deɪ /
noun
- the title given to commanders or (from 1710) governors of the Janissaries of Algiers (1671–1830)
- a title applied by Western writers to various other Ottoman governors, such as the bey of Tunis
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Perhaps he holds up a manila folder and declares “I is all done wit me quahtahly repahts boss, and dey is IRIE!”
Yis, all alone, sept de two tousand Caffres ob de kraal; but dey is nobody—only black beasts.
She's done got a pow'ful quick tempah, my Miss Betty has, same's all my Somerset family had, bein' fust quality folks lak dey was.
Dey's squar little towels what you holds in yer lap to wipe yer fingers on when you've done eatin'.
She couldn't larn, an' de Lord took her whar dey don't ask what you knows,—only dis: does you lub de Lord?
But dey can't hang me, no sah, dey can't, 'cause mah man croak two weeks later.
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