heigh
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of heigh
First recorded in 1565–75
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The goalie who got the most love from players outside of Vasilevskiy is Saros, who comes in on the polar opposite end of the spectrum from a heigh standpoint.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
My pleasure of thought is the pleasure of thinking How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho!
From Time Magazine Archive
Maggie coost her head fu' heigh, Looked asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o't!
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
His nectar he sips From a primrose's lips, With a hey, and a heigh, and a ho!
From The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes by Various
"Tragedie is to seyn a certeyn storie, As olde bokes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in greet prosperitee And is y-fallen out of heigh degree Into miserie, and endeth wrecchedly."
From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike
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