Blakey

[ bley-kee ]

/ ˈbleɪ ki /

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noun

Art Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, 1919–90, U.S. jazz drummer.

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How to use Blakey in a sentence

As the science developed, Blakey’s group also used a technique called strontium isotope analysis to learn more about where people had come from.
How technology helped archaeologists dig deeper|Annalee Newitz|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Art Blakey lived there, too, and he got us into the building.
When Downtown Was Cool: Mario Batali, Simon Doonan, Wynton Marsalis Remember the Good Old Days|The Daily Beast|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He performed with giants—Gerry Mulligan, Art Blakey, Mark Murphy—but his one solo CD, A Good Thing, barely caused a ripple.
YouTube's Rising Cartoon Star|James Gavin|September 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Orrin Blakey stood at the door of his lumber yard surveying me with curious eyes but I passed him in silence.
A Son of the Middle Border|Hamlin Garland

Then with an effect of recollecting: “No, come to think of it,” he added, “Blakey gave it to me.”
Between The Dark And The Daylight|William Dean Howells
I found that Blakey had not come home, but he returned in a day or two, and said he had looked all over London for me.
Adventures and Recollections|Bill o'th' Hoylus End
This the guard managed all right, poor Blakey being taken 200 miles further from home.
Adventures and Recollections|Bill o'th' Hoylus End

British Dictionary definitions for Blakey

Blakey

/ (ˈbleɪkɪ) /

noun

Art, full name Arthur Blakey . (1919–90), US Black jazz drummer and leader of the Jazz Messengers band

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