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heydeguys

heydeguys is the plural of heydeguy.

Meaning of heydeguy

Noun

heydeguy (plural heydeguys or heydeguies)

  1. (historical) A kind of hay (country dance or round) popular during the English Renaissance.
    • But ye are ſo full of vertibilite,
      And of frenetyke folabilite,
      And of melancoly mutabilite,
      That ye would coarte and enforce me
      Nothing to write, but hay the gy of thre,
      And I to ſuffre you lewdly to ly
      Of me with your language full of vilany!c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.

Questions about heydeguys

What is heydeguys the plural of?
Heydeguys is the plural of heydeguy.

Words near heydeguys in the dictionary

  1. heydays
  2. Heyde
  3. Heyde's syndrome
  4. heydeguies
  5. heydeguy
  6. heydeguys
  7. Heyden
  8. Heydens
  9. Heydes
  10. heydey
  11. heydeys

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