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Meanings of shay in English

A carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse.

Usage of shay in English
1
And it certainly had been behind the shay when they left barracks.
The Winds of the World
2
All the city was streaming out in splendid carriage or miserable shay.
Five Nights: A Novel
3
I'm your besht fren, an' shay it wish tearsh in m' eyes.
The Red Acorn
4
I declare, have you got that little covered shay there again?
Melbourne House
5
It'sh no good your frowning at me like that; I shay I love Ida.
At Love's Cost
6
It was a typical one-horse shay of thirty years ago.
Mince Pie
7
I shay petter to take to Leyden mit a poat!
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
8
Have I done well to get me a shay?
Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile / Being a Desultory Narrativ...
9
Martha feared that they would go to pieces in one irremediable catastrophe, like the one-hoss shay.
Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
10
The beast being frighted, when we were all out of the shay, overturned and broke it.
Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile / Being a Desultory Narrativ...
11
The shay arrived on time to the second.
The Winds of the World
12
Perhaps it was good that they'd be returning to Shay's Ford soon.
In every heartbeat
13
The veteran drove home low past the right hand of Shay Given.
The Guardian
14
Glancing about the room Shay abruptly held a hand to her heart.
Embrace the darkness
15
Still, he knew that this was not the moment to press Shay.
Embrace the darkness
16
But, I have found Shay who has taken me into her family.
Darkness revealed
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United Kingdom
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