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hay is for horses and cows

hay is for horses and cows is the alternative form of hay is for horses.

Meaning of hay is for horses

Phrase

hay is for horses

  1. (sarcastic) Said as a retort to someone saying hey (any sense of the interjection), used to indicate that the speaker disapproves of the usage of the word "hey", perhaps due to a dislike of informal speech.
    • Neverout. Hay, Madam, did you call me? / Miſs. Hay; why, Hay is for Horſes.1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue I”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738...

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Hay is for horses and cows is the alternative form of hay is for horses.

Words near hay is for horses and cows in the dictionary

  1. hay fever
  2. hay feverite
  3. hay feverites
  4. hay fevers
  5. hay is for horses
  6. hay is for horses and cows
  7. hay itch
  8. hay knife
  9. hay knives
  10. hay ko
  11. hay loft

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