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Poy   Listen
noun
Poy  n.  
1.
A support; used in composition; as, teapoy.
2.
A ropedancer's balancing pole.
3.
A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Poy" Quotes from Famous Books



... have, in a manner, wholly destroyed them. They are a sort of rail, about the size and a good deal like a common dunghill hen; most of them are of a dirty black or dark-brown colour, and eat very well in a pye or fricassee. Among the small birds I must not omit to particularize the wattle-bird, poy-bird, and fan-tail, on account of their singularity, especially as I find they are not mentioned in the narrative ...
— A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 • James Cook
... think I vos afraid when I climb dot pole. But I wos not—-I pledch you mein vord. It is nottings for me to climb flagpoles. Ven I vos ein poy in Germany I did it efery day. But I will not dake up your time mit idle remarks. I repeat dot ...
— The High School Captain of the Team - Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard • H. Irving Hancock
... haf von funny leedle poy, Vot gomes schust to mine knee; Der queerest schap, der createst rogue, As ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) • Various
... von funny leedle poy Vot gomes schust to my knee— Der queerest schap, der createst rogue As efer you dit see. He runs, und schumps, and schmashes dings In all barts off der house. But vot off dot? He vas mine ...
— Successful Recitations • Various


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