linhay
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of linhay
Compare dial. (SW England, Ireland) linhay shed, open building; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Rhoda left him but for a moment; passing out to the linhay, the door she left ajar.
From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence
The horse killed him at that linhay, sir, down in 'the wild.'
From Beyond by Galsworthy, John
Ruth Penwarne have a little linhay, An' there her washes when the rain be nigh, But when 'tis sunny her goes in the garden, An' spreads her clo'es on the fuzzen to dry.
From Cornish Catches and Other Verses by Moore, Bernard
Her yard and boom were in his linhay, the sheet and downhaul in Tony's.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
In haste he pushed the box and what was in it under some brushwood which lay in the linhay; but Jack had been already seen.
From Life's Little Ironies by Hardy, Thomas
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