Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Said of a collar which is laid or folded over on itself; not standing; lay-over. Also used substantively.
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- noun Alternative form of
laydown .
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Examples
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No fancy lay-down blind (I don't like shooting from the posterior position anyway).
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The writer obviously has the chops to lay-down the story, the story just needs a bigger canvas.
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No fancy lay-down blind (I don't like shooting from the posterior position anyway).
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It was back breaking hard work, there would be days I get home and be so tired all I wanted to was lay-down.
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And now for a question I can't answer: Why are most lay-down dates on Tuesdays?
Definitions for the Perplexed: Lay-Down Date Editorial Anonymous 2009
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That she had a "lay-down date," instead of the kind where you sit up and behave yourself.
Definitions for the Perplexed: Lay-Down Date Editorial Anonymous 2009
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With a room full of witnesses and a smoking gun, the case against Nosair should have been a lay-down.
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I made no sign, however, of the perturbation which came over me, and as a preliminary step went to my own room to put on a new necktie and tail coat; at home I still wore short jackets and lay-down collars, much as I abominated them.
First Love 2006
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So the letter requiring the most personal and private gynacological medical data is beyond their authority.f an exercise of a discretionary power in accordance with a rule or policy without regard to the merits of the particular case; A lay-down Open Misere, I think, on this one.
The Great Passport Fiasco : August 2nd Edition Zoe Brain 2006
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So the letter requiring the most personal and private gynacological medical data is beyond their authority.f an exercise of a discretionary power in accordance with a rule or policy without regard to the merits of the particular case; A lay-down Open Misere, I think, on this one.
Archive 2006-08-01 Zoe Brain 2006
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