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dingolayed

dingolayed is the simple past and past participle of dingolay.

Meaning of dingolay

Verb

dingolay (third-person singular simple present dingolays, present participle dingolaying, simple past and past participle dingolayed)

  1. (Caribbean, intransitive) To perform a kind of lively dance with hand movements.
    • Believe me, friends, if I were King / I'd marry any woman and give her a ring, / I wouldn't give a damn what the people say / So long as she can wash, cook, and dingolay. [Commenting on the abdication of Edward VIII.]1937, Arnold Gingrich, editor, Esquire: The Magazine for Men, volume 8, Chicago, Ill.: Esquire, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 109; also quoted in Catherine A. Sunshine, “Caribbean Unity, the Frustrated...

Questions about dingolayed

What is dingolayed the simple past and past participle of?
Dingolayed is the simple past and past participle of dingolay.

Words near dingolayed in the dictionary

  1. dingo-stiffeners
  2. dingoed
  3. dingoes
  4. dingoing
  5. dingolay
  6. dingolayed
  7. dingolaying
  8. dingolays
  9. dingonek
  10. dingoneks
  11. dingos

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