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linhays

linhays is the plural of linhay.

Meaning of linhay

Noun

linhay (plural linhays)

  1. (dialectal, south-west UK) A shed or other outbuilding, originally open-fronted with a hay loft.
    • Home-side of the linhay, and under the ashen hedge-row, where father taught me to catch blackbirds, all at once my heart went down, and all my breast was hollow.1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone, section III

Questions about linhays

What is linhays the plural of?
Linhays is the plural of linhay.

Words near linhays in the dictionary

  1. linha
  2. Linhai
  3. Linhart
  4. Linharts
  5. linhay
  6. linhays
  7. Linhe
  8. linicolous
  9. linifanib
  10. liniment
  11. linimented

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