deys
- plural of dey.
Example Sentences
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“Dat’s jealousy and malice. Some uh dem very mens wants tuh do whut dey claim deys skeered Tea Cake is doin’.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
Some go ter meetin’ to sing an’ shout, Dry bones goin’ ter rise again; Fore six month deys all turned out, Dry bones goin’ ter rise again.
From Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes by Odum, Howard W.
De quarters am built from logs like deys all in dem days.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
As deys went, Achmet was a comparatively respectable man.
From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
I reckon, do, deys well, and cose, sir, dey ant give up; nor, sir, ant ney one ob um done dat.
From The Southern Cross A Play in Four Acts by Daingerfield, Foxhall
