Blakey

[bley-kee]

noun

ArtAbdullah Ibn Buhaina, 1919–90, U.S. jazz drummer.

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Historical Examples

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

noun

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

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Blakey

Examples from the Web for blakey

Historical Examples

Then with an effect of recollecting: “No, come to think of it,” he added, “Blakey gave it to me.”

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.

This the guard managed all right, poor Blakey being taken 200 miles further from home.

Blakey