Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used formerly as the title of the governor of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.
- noun Used formerly as the title for rulers of the states of Tunis and Tripoli.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female (sometimes a male) servant who had charge of a dairy and all things pertaining to it; a female servant in general.
- noun The title of the governor of Algiers under Turkish suzerainty from 1710 till its conquest by the French in 1830.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
- noun obsolete A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
servant who has charge of thedairy ; adairymaid . - noun The title given to the ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now
Algeria ) under theOttoman Empire . - pronoun
Eye dialect spelling ofthey , representing African American Vernacular English. - pronoun
Eye dialect spelling ofthere , representing African American Vernacular English.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Dey shunt tok funnee. but dey du ennywai. oh, emayo in frum da yes plis.
NOM sawyer - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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January 25, 2008 at 3:39 pm ai luvz it wen u feedz teh behbeh kittehz wiff teh bottul……wen dey startz to getz a liddle owlder..dey *gan gan gan * an ripz teh pippulz to shreddz…
I SAYZ DONT FLUSH TOILETZ!@! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai nawt ebben noes dis woman, her is fiancee ub fren ub mai husbin…nao dat dey married…no calls, no visits, no nuffin..dey would come obber at 10 pm, meh in bafrobe, habbing tu pleh hostess…nao her haz mai preshush buks…ai feel da stoopy, an da mads. tabbehkitteh says:
Roomba Cat Goes For A Ride - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Dey libed in our “guest” room and dey was so funny!
in-laws visiting? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Dey all so laidback dey r almost horizontal, and we not haz problem wit color affectin personalitee.
we haz an us. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Dey *mite* be — but dey jus mite be hazzin fun playin wif new frendz.
Optimist: glass half full. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Dey wanted to know my age, I sed Ise 52 years old and dey sed “no, yer 52 years of age.”
Guess which one - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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An 'Pompey an' Sophy-Sophia dey didn't have no mo'n a broomstick weddin 'nohow -- but of co'se _dey did have de broomstick.
Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886
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n a az jest ovfer lukin at dem agin…cauce ai fink dey r teh cuyte..an ai notised…teh Giant pandaz r cyut, but dey awl luks reely reelly alik……an teh red pandaz…..dey alluk muches more differmintz…..differmin shaedz ov red an der fases….der markinz dey are very distinkt…sum ov dem hasteh bery whyte fasre…odderz noawt so much….
Nom Nom Nom Nom - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Did you make up disher play dey is goin 'to act? demanded Mammy Jinny.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize 1914
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