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gay blade

gay blade noun: a dashing swordsman.

Noun

gay blade (plural gay blades)

  1. (obsolete) A dashing swordsman.
  2. (dated) A dashing youth.
    • At college he was a gay blade who played the guitar or one of the instruments for the accompaniment of song.1941, Jonathan Daniels, Tar Heels: A Portrait of North Carolina
    • He's feeling very low now because he was sixty years old the other day. And you know- you know how Bebe [is]- I said Bebe, you can't talk about being a young gay blade anymore.1973, Richard Nixon, “WHT 035-067”, in Nixon White House tapes

Forms of gay blade

pluralgay blades

Questions about gay blade

What does gay blade mean?
Gay blade means a dashing swordsman.
What part of speech is gay blade?
Gay blade is a noun.
What is the plural of gay blade?
The plural of gay blade is gay blades.

Words near gay blade in the dictionary

  1. gay basher
  2. gay bashers
  3. gay bashes
  4. gay bashing
  5. gay bashings
  6. gay blade
  7. gay blades
  8. gay bob
  9. gay bobs
  10. gay bomb
  11. gay bombs

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