Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A farewell feast, drink, or gift, as at a wedding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Faith; allegiance.
- noun A feast given by a person who is about to make a journey or who has just returned.
- noun Some sort of cheat or swindler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Faith; allegiance; fealty.
- noun obsolete A feast given by one about to leave a place.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, rare
Faith ,allegiance . - noun obsolete A
feast given by one about to leave a place.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The salesman remembered the transaction because his customers had been unable to describe what they wanted otherwise than by the word "cloth," which was not the technical name foy any of his commodities.
The Pit Prop Syndicate Freeman Wills Crofts 1918
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One of the servants at the place was leaving, and what was termed a "foy" was being held that night.
Cattle and Cattle-breeders William M'Combie
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We were apt to "foy" at our work to the extent of grudging meal-times and sleep.
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We were apt to "foy" at our work to the extent of grudging meal-times and sleep.
Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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We parted, however, without further explanation, and I did not see him until three days after, when he summoned me to partake of the "foy" with which his landlord proposed to regale him ere his departure for Edinburgh.
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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Artahnre was refolvcd to draw his fword foy the King of the Frankj, as he had already freely offered, and Pharamotid to teditie the confidence which he had in his fricndffiip and gcod condudi, gave him a referve of fix thou - fand Horfe, to fuccour as he (huuld fee occalion.
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And, in case you need to know “foyer” is pronounced “foy-ay” not “foy-er”.
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Jennifer Chen for the Wall Street Journal Ruea Thong's cooks are experts at deep-frying: tod mun goong, shrimp cakes, are light and greaseless, as are the goong foy tod, cakes of baby shrimp that come with a Chinese-style cucumber-chili salad.
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I congratulated him on his good fortune and told him that my “foy boyga” was in bed on the fifth floor nursing a compound fracture.
Full Frontal Nudity Harry Hamlin 2010
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
foy /fɔɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[foi
Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation–noun
1. Chiefly Scot. a farewell gift, feast, or drink.
2. faith.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.]
July 28, 2007
qms commented on the word foy
Oh, pity the smart Scottish boy
Departing to take new employ:
His future is bright
But farewells a blight,
For he bears the cost of his foy.
November 12, 2017