Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal variation of collywest, collyweston. See
collyweston .
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Examples
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For Mr. Best I compiled the list of the new members who have been brought in, with the people who have brought in the greatest number, but that thing went galley-west in the last few days by the strong finishers.
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Peters got mad yesterday an 'knocked that grinnin' Yorke galley-west!
The Pirate Shark Elliott Whitney
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Several times he succeeded in drawing himself up a foot or so, and then would come a fatal slip that knocked his plans "galley-west," as Phil would have said.
Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne
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That scheme was knocked galley-west and crooked, for even when MacRae's term expired he'd get a long period of duty at the Fort; he'd lost his rank, and as a private his coming and going would be according to barrack-rule instead of the freedom allowed a sergeant in charge of an outpost like Pend
Raw Gold A Novel Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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Your generosity knocks that superstition galley-west, so I'll take you at your word.
The Long Chance 1918
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Do you know, I've a feeling you're going to knock 'em galley-west.
The House of Toys Henry Russell Miller 1917
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I sung out to Fred to keep the _Alfred_ going slow ahead, so as to give the crew a chance to come aboard, and it warn't no time before they was swarming up into our chains like so many ants out of a hill that has been knocked galley-west.
The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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His punishment was fittingly double, for not only did the referee see and declare the foul, but the big Palatine came with such impetus that he knocked Heady galley-west.
The Dozen from Lakerim Rupert Hughes 1914
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A two-wheeled mule cart, proceeding along a crossroad, with the driver asleep in his canopied seat, had been hit by a speeding automobile and knocked galley-west.
Europe Revised 1910
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From the shadows by the gate Lucy Larcom sprang aloft to knock another beetle galley-west.
Galusha the Magnificent Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
reesetee commented on the word galley-west
"To knock galley-west" means to knock sideways or askew; to bring to confusion; to knock out or dispose of completely.
February 12, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word galley-west
"As Lewis chanted, the room began to get darker. The light faded from the bright orange leaves of the maple tree outside, and now a strong wind was rattling the glass doors. Suddenly the doors flew open, and the wind got into the room. It riffled madly through the dictionary on the library table, scattered papers across the floor, and knocked all the lampshades galley-west."
The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs, p 54 of the Puffin paperback edition
March 7, 2010