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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : key, kee |
| Phonetic Transcription : keɪ, ki |
Définition of cay
Origin :- "low island," 1707, from Spanish cayo; see key (n.2).
- noun small island
- Well, Jack, I reckon we cayn't take Dinsmore in to be hanged.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- We cayn't let him go back there and take our medicine for us.
- Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine
- We went over every inch of the Cay and theres not a living soul on it.
- Extract from : « The Radio Detectives Under the Sea » by A. Hyatt Verrill
- To the end of the world, and over the edge—I cayn't help that.
- Extract from : « Curly » by Roger Pocock
- I cayn't oppress Jim in them things—I'd get so tame and weak he'd sit on my haid!
- Extract from : « Curly » by Roger Pocock
- Mebbe the women-folks will feel better fort; but you cay—nt do it.
- Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
- "You can hear dozens of yarns like that about every coral island and cay in the Caribbean," I said.
- Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde
- "We didn't," shouted a youngster named Cay, firing up at once.
- Extract from : « Gunpowder Treason and Plot » by Harold Avery
- Scotty asked, "Where does the word 'cay' come from, anyway?"
- Extract from : « The Wailing Octopus » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- Cayn't you take 'em off what they're on, and saynd one of the boys in with 'em, Trypheeny?
- Extract from : « Two Knapsacks » by John Campbell
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