oyez
interjection
hear! attend! (a cry uttered usually twice by a court officer to command silence and attention, as before court is in session, and formerly by public criers).
oyes
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a variation of
oyez.
Example Sentences
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She says Oy so much Malachy laughs and says Oy and the Leibowitzes laugh and Mr. Leibowitz says words we can understand, When Irish oyes are smiling.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Oi’d loike Father O’Flannagan jist for to say thim quare craychurs, Tom, me hearty, if ownly to say him toorn oop the whoites ov his oyes.
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene
Faith, it isn’t mesilf thet wud cry me oyes out, or wear mournin’ fur him!”
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene
Come along wid ye," said Sweeny to Glover, "It's enough to give ye the rheumatiz in the oyes to luk at the nasty black hole.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
The first is that which is kipt before the oyes of the mimbers of the outher circles.
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille
