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galley-west

[ gal-ee-west ]

adverb

  1. Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west ).


adjective

  1. Northern U.S. lopsided; cockeyed.

galley-west

adverb

  1. slang.
    into confusion, inaction, or unconsciousness (esp in the phrase knock ( someone or something ) galley-west )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

I then met with a change of heart, and overthrew the warty heathen god, and knocked him galley west.

I think it, or my sickness or the whole business together, knocked most of that self-confidence of mine galley-west.

Your generosity knocks that superstition galley-west, so I'll take you at your word.

The argument that all the strong animals eat only herbs and fruits was here knocked galley-west.

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