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Firey vs Firy - What's the difference?

firey | firy |

As adjectives the difference between firey and firy

is that firey is misspelling of lang=en while firy is obsolete form of lang=en.

As a noun firey

is a firefighter.

firey

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Usage notes

    The word .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, colloquial) A firefighter.
  • * 2006 , Don Woodland, Simon Bouda, Salvation Army, Picking Up the Pieces: A Life of Care and Compassion , page 135,
  • So if a firey was having difficulties, I could go into bat for him if I felt it was necessary.
  • * 2010 , Helen Thomas, Life with Rosie: The Highs and Lows of Raising a Racehorse , unnumbered page,
  • ‘Just one of those things that happens on a day like this,’ one of the fireys says, staring at what was the back door of the car.
  • * 2010 , Karen Kissane, Worst of Days: Inside the Black Saturday Firestorm , unnumbered page,
  • Kinglake West firey Chris Lloyd says the camaraderie is a critical ingredient of CFA life.

    Alternative forms

    * firie

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    firy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)