galley-west
Americanadverb
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of galley-west
1870–75, alteration of British dialect collywest
Example Sentences
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By last week most probers of the meat mess had reached the same conclusion: too-rigid restrictions and price controls on a sensitive market had knocked the whole meat system galley-west.
From Time Magazine Archive
But a sudden boost in military demand for steel would knock the automobile production schedule galley-west.
From Time Magazine Archive
We knocked him galley-west for a while with the Colgate comedy show, but we've been lousy opposite him the last two years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old Gus, who has knocked 58 opponents galley-west in 75 fights, climbed into the ring at London's White City Stadium last week to meet Britain's clumsy, shaggy-haired Freddie Mills.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was knocked galley-west and crooked three times before he moved the thing a rod, but whatever he had in his mind, he calmly went on with it as soon as he got up.
From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Phillips, Henry Wallace
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