Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Hear! the introduction to a proclamation made by an officer of a law-court, or other public crier, in order to secure silence and attention: it is thrice repeated: occasionally used as a substantive, in the sense of ‘exclamation’ or ‘proclamation.’
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Examples
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October 5, 2008 at 4:07 am oyes, I will be happitail to shares wif u!
i kno you’ll miss me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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July 25, 2008 at 6:42 am oyes, ebberytyme we fynd et leest 2 more kittehs!
iz u done vacooming now?? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I am, thing Sing Larynx, letter potent to play the sem backwards like Oscan wild or in shunt Persse trans-luding from the Otherman or off the Toptic or anything off the types of my finklers in the draught or with buttles, with my oyes thickshut and all.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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The feathers o 'thim shoines in the sun loike silver and gowld, an' their oyes is loike jools, an 'they do be floying fasther then the ships can sail.
Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892
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When I went in and made my salutation, one man wheeled round square before me, stared straight into my oyes, and in an exceedingly high-pitched reedy or screechy voice and a sing-song tone returned my
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"Bekase the lanthern in the cab'n bloinds your two oyes, and makes the darkness shoine broighter nor the loight," said Felix, as he looked at his watch.
Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Oliver Optic 1859
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"Oyes, oyes! all manner of men," cried Mr. Beaumont.
Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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Then was an oyes made for silence, and, after some mutual carriages of love, the Prince began, and thus proceeded: -
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They very clearly distinguish it from the class which they commonly considered _oyes_, or geese.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 Samuel de Champlain 1601
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But in the end, it was the Pedro Salinas poem "¿Las oyes cómo piden realidades …?" that best fit the footage.
Via Negativa 2009
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