toey

American  

[toh-ee] / ˈtoʊ i /

adjective

Australian Informal.

1. touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.

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toey British  

/ ˈtəʊɪ /

adjective

1. (of a person) nervous or anxious

2. (of a person) eager for sexual activity; aroused

3. rare (of a horse) eager to race

4. very anxious

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Etymology

Origin of toey

1920–25; originally in reference to a racehorse; perhaps toe + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Soon after he arrived there, he had an opportunity to escort Mother Teresa around Klong Toey during her visit to Thailand.

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Catholics are a tiny minority in Klong Toey, and in Thailand over all, but Father Joe says that he has always embraced the Buddhists and Muslims he lives among, and that the respect is mutual.

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He initially came to the neighborhood, Klong Toey, as a sort of exile, he said, shunned by the church because of his boorish behavior.

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But in Klong Toey, Father Joe, now 82, found his place in the world, an outcast among outcasts.

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Returning to Bangkok in 1971, after war came to Laos, he was reassigned to Klong Toey, almost as far out of sight as if he had been in the distant highlands.

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