Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In agriculture, a long narrow spade used in stony lands.
- noun Same as
alloy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A long, narrow spade for stony lands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Ireland A type of
spade used in Ireland.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hughes's Dublin PI Ed Loy is both a hat-tip to Sam Spade ( "loy" is an Irish word for a spade) and a highly original character.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Cross stitch, zig zag, hemming, overlocking. .come on. .you loy should all be going nuts by now
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Ai sendededed an bagg uv teh Gummeh Bunnehs tu mai sunn hoo izz awn deep loy mint inz teh Middlol Eest … *syngz* … “Inz teh Naybee” … izz tuu hawt tehre tu sendify himz a chonklit bunneh – himz wuud getz a boks wiffa puddlol uv meltifyded chonklit inz teh bawtum ifz ai didded taht – EEEEWWW!
Mai arms nawt reely dis long. Iz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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The khom loy are released by families and small groups of friends much in the same was as they would release krathongs – with a small prayer for forgiveness for any wrongdoings or any held grudges.
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The monks led the large throng of visitors in a sitting meditation, before guiding them to release thousands of khom loy into the sky.
Photo Journeys: Alison Wright: Thailand: Loy Krathong Festival 2008
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Netanyahu has surrounded himself with untested aides drawn from his coterie of loy - al friends.
Shot All To Hell 2008
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If you read the article she was a loy closer to the real figure than the journalist was.
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It is as humbling and awe-inspiring as viewing the Milky Way to see the sky so thick with thousands of khom loy, which, once released, light up the dark clear night sky with an ethereal glow.
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The khom loy are released by families and small groups of friends much in the same was as they would release krathongs – with a small prayer for forgiveness for any wrongdoings or any held grudges.
Photo Journeys: Alison Wright: Thailand: Loy Krathong Festival 2008
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The monks led the large throng of visitors in a sitting meditation, before guiding them to release thousands of khom loy into the sky.
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