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shays

shays is the plural of shay.

Meaning of shay

Noun

shay (plural shays)

  1. (archaic) A chaise.
    • The poſt-ſhay ſhall be at the door by ſix o'clock in the morning; and if Miſs Fanny does not get into it, vvhy I vvill, and ſo there's an end of the matter.1766, George Colman, David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, a Comedy. […], London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […]; R[oberts] Baldwin, […]; R. Davis, […]; and T[homas] Davies, […], →OCLC, Act...

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Proper noun capitalized: Shays

Shays

  1. A surname

Words formed from shays

Words that rhyme with shays

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Questions about shays

What does shays mean?
Shays means a surname.
What is shays the plural of?
Shays is the plural of shay.
What part of speech is shays?
Shays is a proper noun.

Words near shays in the dictionary

  1. shaylas
  2. Shaylene
  3. Shayler
  4. Shayna
  5. Shayne
  6. shays
  7. Shays Flat
  8. Shaysite
  9. Shaysites
  10. shaytan
  11. shaytans

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