Windies

/ (ˈwɪndɪz) /

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pl n informal

the Windies the international cricket team of the West Indies

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Word Origin for Windies

from the abbreviation W. Indies

Words nearby Windies

wind generator, Windham, wind harp, Windhoek, windhover, Windies, windigo, wind indicator, winding, winding drum, winding frame

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How to use Windies in a sentence

The Russian says a' the west windies are terrible dangerous.
Huntingtower|John Buchan
It's the windies I'm anxious about, for they're ower big to fill up.
Huntingtower|John Buchan
He likit fresh air outside fine but never kept his windies open much unless the weather was vera propitious.
Simon|J. Storer Clouston
And he was that active and strong he could get into the house through one of the windies, just like a great monkey.
Simon|J. Storer Clouston

There's Tresham's house new painted, bedad, an' them flowers in the windies!
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851|Various