Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete variant of
hie .
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Examples
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Nothing very dreadful nor altogether unusual in the sphere of my happy woman and the British coachman, who has her in his 'heye' and is surely going to have her in his
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Nd for dis berry speshul and cibilized occashun I sing very heye and lowd da Qween ob da Nite aria.
Over herez… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Vith that tongue o 'yours, Billy, an' that 'ere himposin' presence, ef you honly ad 'a crook in yer back or ef yer heye vos honly in the middle uv yer
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Lemuel Ely Quigg
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That L.C.C. gave itself airs and declared it would wipe my old heye
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891 Various
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In his heye seems to tell me that he too enjoys bringing BUMBLE to book,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 Various
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And 'aving a heye on High Orfice _I_ can't waste _my_ time on mere
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891 Various
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I was comin 'round the corner, as he was passin', I never see 'im till I was right atop of' im, so that I haccidentally run agin 'im, -- my heye! didn't' e give me a downer!
The Beetle Richard Marsh
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I'd jest like to scrumplicate some on 'em; ain't got no heye for a lark.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 Various
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A sort of a female _Poll Pry_, with a heye like an 'ork or a lynx;
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 Various
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His professional duties, explained the knife and boot boy, did not include being punched in the heye by blokes, and he did not intend to be put upon.
The White Feather 1928
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