Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
sting-ray .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any sting ray. See under 6th
ray .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
stingray .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The frightened boy almost fell out of the boat, too, when he pulled in a large sting-ray, or "stingaree," as the boatman called it.
Stories of California Ella M. Sexton
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Now my mama left me something called that old stingaree
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Likes my coffee, likes my tea, daffy3 about my stingaree
Bessie Smith Lyrics 2009
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(Soundbite of music) Mr. FOGARTY: (Singing) Now my baby got something, she caught a stingaree.
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She forthwith discharged Adolphus, and even levied on the services of a friendly constabulary officer to thrash him with a _stingaree_, or sting ray cane.
A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Mary Helen Fee
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After patient angling in the matrimonial pool, one lands a stingaree and the other a bull-head.
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