shay
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shay
1710–20; respelling and back formation from chaise (taken as plural)
Example Sentences
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And now she was saying “shay you know” and Ifemelu did not have the heart to tell her that nobody said “shay” anymore.
From Literature
Vincent Marotta Sr., who as a creator of the Mr. Coffee machine helped send the percolator the way of the one-horse shay, died on Saturday at his home in Pepper Pike, Ohio.
From New York Times
YouTube user “shay Israel” posted the video on Thursday under the title “snuggle time with mama Jules.”
From Time
“Shay shay! You mean, I am saying it right? Shay shay?”
From Literature
Rising at daylight we take a small open carriage—a kind of "one horse shay"—for our ride.
From Project Gutenberg
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