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dey

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"Dairy maid"

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3 lettersPronunciation /deɪ/Sorted deyStarts with DEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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