Definitions
A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
Word origin
From Middle English deye, deie, daie, from Old English dǣġe (“maker of bread; baker; dairy-maid”), from Proto-West Germanic *daigijā, from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ (“kneader of bread, maid”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form, build”). Cognate with Swedish deja, Icelandic deigja (“dairy-maid”); compare dairy, dough, lady.
Used in a sentence
““Boy, is horrors over dey, for so,” he said, obviously excited and anxious to be the bearer of extraordinary news. “Wat happen, somebody dead?””
“Dey! Did you press the lift button? What? You have pressed the button for the tenth time?”
“Dei, you think what, President’s Star Charity ah?”
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01“Dairy maid”3 letters
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