gey
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of gey
First recorded in 1805–15; variant of gay
Example Sentences
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Ballerinas jet up like natural gey sers in grandiose one-handed lifts, only to plummet a moment later in balletic kamikaze dives.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the splash occurs, it will be a veritable gey ser, also six times as high as on earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ye see, Mr Dunshunner," continued Toddy Tam, "we are a gey and independent sort of people here, and we want to be independently represented.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
“He’s gey canny for a lad,” said David, grinning.
From In the Days of the Guild by Lamprey, Louise
A Killigrew and his wife—strong men are sometimes gey ill to live with—fell out and the dame, being divorced, sought refuge in Penryn.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
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