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How to use dey in a sentence

31 example sentences · noun, interjection

Dey means a servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. Example: “Wha' dey said to yo? Yo looks nervous.”

Examples of dey by meaning

interjectionAn informal Tamil-language term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.

  • Dei, you think what, President’s Star Charity ah?2012 February 7 [2007], Laremy Lee, Radio Silence, →ISBN
  • If a player makes a silly mistake, he doesn’t wail when told to “wake up lah, dey”.2007 September 10, Sandra Leong, The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore...

More sentences with dey

  • Wha' dey said to yo? Yo looks nervous.From the entry yo
  • 'Dey ain't mine,' Stacey snapped, flicking her head towards the yutes in the bedroom.2022, Moses McKenzie, An Olive Grove in Ends. From the entry star
  • Any NYSC member wey dey interested need to send in entry ontop social media: Instagram and Twitter.2019 March 27, “How NYSC corpers fit get di free laptops and phones wey EU wan dash dem”, in BBC News Pidgin (in Nigerian Pidgin). From the entry NYSC
  • Dey not only made our clo's, but also made out hats.2017, Work Projects Administration, The Voices From The Past. From the entry hatty
  • 'I'm ok o I'm tired of Jand and I dey miss Naija,' he replied.2014, Jessica Dice, The Magic of Destiny: Second Edition, page 134. From the entry Jand
  • Because of this, there would always be problems with someone's parents for “Calling dem outta dey name!”2012, Seymour Tally Davis, The McKnight I Knew, page 30. From the entry call outta one's name
  • I pray dat dey he'p us liv' a betta lif ' den dey had.2008, Sandra Snowden, The New Plantation, page 316. From the entry betta
  • Every one was excite, un dey don' tak no 'count of me.2000, Frederic Remington, “Sun-Down Leflare's Warm Spot”, in John D. Seelye, editor, Stories of the Old West: Tales of the Mining Camp…. From the entry sais
  • Uuuh, da DSmZ areN;t br0king wh'n dey R' st00k. it's duh fazt 0nez.1997 October 15, White Tornado 1, “I blew 3rd gear today!!!!!!”, in rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang (Usenet). From the entry aolbonics
  • Doctor, dey ain't no magic Yankee medicine could save any of we.1991, Robert Antoni, Divina Trace, page 410. From the entry weself
  • Dey wants him bad, 'cause it 'spire other slaves to run away if he stays a-loose.1941, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, volume 16, Washington, DC…. From the entry patterroller
  • Didn't put them in two boxes lak dey does now, and dey warn't painted needer.1936-1938, Work Projects Administration, Slave Narratives= A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. From the entry needer
  • Lines, tagers, monks, baboonesses; everyting wot dey is in de anymule line is dere.1912 April 5, “Mike Huff’s Weather”, in The Leavenworth Post, volume VII, number 198, Leavenworth, Kan., page 1, column 4. From the entry babooness
  • Dey’s mighty fond of chick’ns, dey is:—like dat roostah on de fence?1910, Hudson Tuttle, Emma Rood Tuttle, Stories from Beyond the Borderland, Berlin Heights, Ohio: The Tuttle Publishing Company, page 237. From the entry chick'n
  • "Tis three gangs done got to-gether, en dey ain' been hunted at all.1905 December, Plummer F. Jones, “Turkey-Hunting in the Old Dominion”, in Field and Stream, volumes 9-10, number 8, CBS Publications, page…. From the entry gang
  • Of co'se dey wa'n't very hatty, but was mo' cappy.2017, Work Projects Administration, The Voices From The Past. From the entry hatty
  • Not birds, you lamebrain, dey stole mongeese.2005, Michael A. Herr, The Kaua'i Obake Bar: A Primo's Talk Story Book, PublishAmerica, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 117. From the entry mongeese
  • Dey began his argument by characterizing Mr.1940, Railway Age - Volume 109, page 516. From the entry litigationer
  • Dem wuz railroad hands and dey womenfolks.1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 142. From the entry commonness
  • In de mawnin' w'en he go to milk de cow, sho'nuf dey wuz a hawg a-lyin' on its side, daid.1929, Carl Henry Grabo, The Cat in Grandfather's House. From the entry daid
  • "Come on, boss; I b'leeve I know whar dey is.1905 December, Plummer F. Jones, “Turkey-Hunting in the Old Dominion”, in Field and Stream, volumes 9-10, number 8, CBS Publications, page…. From the entry gang
  • Dey calls it 'Who'd 'a' Thought It,' 'ca'se you nebber would 'a' thought of puttin' a house dere.1905, Alice Hegan Rice, Sandy. From the entry nebber
  • But one ting ish goot; dey cotch de murterer."1901, John Hay, The Bread-winners. From the entry cotch
  • One old fellow name John been a run-awayer for four years and de patterrollers tries all dey tricks, but dey can't cotch him.1941, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, volume 16, Washington, DC…. From the entry patterroller
  • I WUZ out ter de Parker Karnival Kumpany’s layout terday, and say, bo, you orter see all de anymules wot dey got.1912 April 5, “Mike Huff’s Weather”, in The Leavenworth Post, volume VII, number 198, Leavenworth, Kan., page 1, column 4. From the entry babooness
  • Well, you know how folks ain’t neber satisfactioned wid what dey hab but am always huntin’ aftah sumpin’ what dey ain’t got?1911 November 25, William M. Galvin, “Uncle Ned’s Story”, in The Notre Dame Scholastic, volume XLV, number 10, Notre Dame, Ind.…. From the entry satisfactioned
  • Lawd, no, suh, de fambly did n' die out — 'deed dey did n' die out! dey ain't de kind er fambly ter die out!1905, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, The Colonel's Dream. From the entry fambly
  • My friends would come from de States and say, 'Dey don't work sciences abroad.' But in Haiti dey use dis ting called sosumba to work science.2006, Debbie Smoker, Adventures of Coconut Woman, →ISBN, page 119. From the entry sosumba
  • Drawing and quartering was too good for that evil little hornswoggler who had hoodwinked two deys and the entire populace of Algiers, Gimp the Greek included.1996, Stephen Marlowe, The death and life of Miguel de Cervantes: a novel, page 196. From the entry hornswoggler

Meaning of dey

  1. noun A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
  2. noun The ruler of the Regency of Algiers (now Algeria) under the Ottoman Empire.
  3. interjection An informal Tamil-language term of address used when trying to get someone's attention.

Full definition of dey

Questions about dey in a sentence

How do you use dey in a sentence?
Dey is used as a noun and interjection. For example: “Wha' dey said to yo? Yo looks nervous.”
What is a short sentence with dey?
“Dem wuz railroad hands and dey womenfolks.”
What does dey mean?
Dey means a servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

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