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gayelles

gayelles is the plural of gayelle.

Meaning of gayelle

Noun (1)

gayelle (plural gayelles)

  1. (Caribbean, Trinidad-and-Tobago) An informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting.
    • And that time Bolo is coming through the village to the gayelle...1975, Quincy Troupe, Rainer Schulte, Giant talk: an anthology of Third World writings, link

Noun (2)

gayelle (plural gayelles)

  1. (neologism, nonstandard, rare) A lesbian.
    • "By choosing gayelle, the feminine factors in “the equation of who is gay and who is not” can reassert their interest in the word gay, as well as, assert a displeasure for the word lesbian," the website reads.2008 January 25, “Lesbians turn "gayelle"”, in The Daily Telegraph

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Questions about gayelles

What is gayelles the plural of?
Gayelles is the plural of gayelle.

Words near gayelles in the dictionary

  1. gaydy
  2. Gaye
  3. gayed
  4. gayed up
  5. gayelle
  6. gayelles
  7. gayer
  8. gayers
  9. gayest
  10. gayeties
  11. gayety

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