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Blakey

[ bley-kee ]
/ ˈbleɪ ki /

noun

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

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Example sentences from the Web for Blakey

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

    Adventures and Recollections|Bill o'th' Hoylus End

  • 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

  • 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

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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