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Meanings of jay in English
Usage of jay in English
1
Early in the spring there did not seem a jay in it.
2
Germans have long classified the jay as one of the useful birds.
3
And now it's available at Tar-jay for almost a thousand dollars off.
4
The blue-jay came out of the egg with his mind made up.
5
The startling scream of the jay-youhave heard it a thousand times.
6
The old jay took the money and started all over again with-
7
Yes: this is the Florida jay: it has no crest, you perceive.
8
There it lies still and little the worse-bluejay feather and all.
9
Here the jay burst into tears, and the mistress was sympathetically affected.
10
A bird he thought was a jay scolded them from somewhere nearby.
11
The next morning a prying jay discovered him and carried him away.
12
He was further annoyed by the jay bird which followed him persistently.
13
The gray jay has been chosen as Canada's national bird no Close
14
The jay, like the cuckoo, is a bird with a guilty conscience.
15
The last rasp of a jay's scold jangled out from the trees.
16
Then, from somewhere in the crowd, someone whistles Rue's four-note mocking-jay tune.
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Jay through the time
Jay across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common