foy
Americannoun
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Chiefly Scot. a farewell gift, feast, or drink.
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faith.
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The silver trays on foy er tables whitened with visiting cards and notes.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, I guess you can give us some patty de foy grass, and squab on toast, and angel cake."
From The Huntress by Hulbert Footner
There was a great foy at Allan's the night before I left Edinburgh.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Cook says I do foy at things so.
From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Non par ma foy, Replies the Frenchman: nor you, Sir?
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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