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galley-west
[ gal-ee-west ]
adverb
- Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west ).
adjective
- Northern U.S. lopsided; cockeyed.
galley-west
adverb
- slang.into confusion, inaction, or unconsciousness (esp in the phrase knock ( someone or something ) galley-west )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galley-west1
1870–75, Americanism; alteration of British dialect collywest
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galley-west1
C19: from English dialect colly-west awry, perhaps from Collyweston, a village in Northamptonshire
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Example Sentences
From the shadows by the gate Lucy Larcom sprang aloft to knock another beetle galley-west.
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I then met with a change of heart, and overthrew the warty heathen god, and knocked him galley west.
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I think it, or my sickness or the whole business together, knocked most of that self-confidence of mine galley-west.
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Your generosity knocks that superstition galley-west, so I'll take you at your word.
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The argument that all the strong animals eat only herbs and fruits was here knocked galley-west.
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