fay
1a fairy.
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faith.
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or Faye
a female given name, form of Faith.
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How to use fay in a sentence
Others like fay say that even funding needle-exchange programs is a waste of resources.
Legal, Regulated Heroin Could Have Saved Philip Seymour Hoffman | Valerie Vande Panne | February 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTfay Vincent utters Pete Rose's name just about as much as Rudy Giuliani says 9/11.
Will a Criminal Enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame? | Evan Weiner | February 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTScreenplay by Robert Riskin, who happens to have been fay Wray's first husband.
Not even Hurricane fay, which rammed through the Orlando, Florida, area in August 2008, could wash away the child's legacy.
“There is a tension between what Tea Party groups around the country think and what we do in Massachusetts,” says fay.
Scott Brown's Hilarious Dance With the Tea Party | Samuel P. Jacobs | April 12, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
When the time came to part from Frank, little fay was almost heart-broken.
Frank Merriwell's Bravery | Burt L. StandishI will tell you now that I am ready to go through anything for Fairy fay.
Frank Merriwell's Bravery | Burt L. StandishThe Rev. Eli fay preached her funeral sermon, and bore testimony to her great ability.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallAgain, the fay of Argouges disappears on the name of Death being mentioned in her presence.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartlandfay and Cox turned it over to True Williams, one of the well-known illustrators of that day.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for fay (1 of 3)
/ (feɪ) /
a fairy or sprite
of or resembling a fay
informal pretentious or precious
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1British Dictionary definitions for fay (2 of 3)
/ (feɪ) /
to fit or be fitted closely or tightly
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2British Dictionary definitions for fay (3 of 3)
/ (feɪ) /
an obsolete word for faith
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