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doy

British  
/ dɔɪ /

noun

  1. dialect a beloved person: used esp as an endearment

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Bor lo un doy, bor lo un doy, chin lo, chin lo, bor lo un doy,—who comes?

From Six One-Act Plays by Oliver, Margaret Scott

A'a! tha'rt a shockin young taistrel, lad,    But tha artn't as bad as they call thi, doy.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

Bor lo un doy, bor lo un doy, chin lo, chin lo, bor lo un doy.

From Six One-Act Plays by Oliver, Margaret Scott

Aw wodn't rob another of a joy       Sich as tha's gien me; For aw felt varry sad, mi little doy       Until aw'd seen thee.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

Bor lo un doy, bor lo un doy, chin lo,—

From Six One-Act Plays by Oliver, Margaret Scott

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