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Blakey

[bley-kee]
noun
  1. ArtAbdullah Ibn Buhaina, 1919–90, U.S. jazz drummer.
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Historical Examples of blakey

  • 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.

    Adventures and Recollections

    Bill o'th' Hoylus End

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

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    Bill o'th' Hoylus End

British Dictionary definitions for blakey

Blakey

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