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Stays vs Shays - What's the difference?

stays | shays |

As nouns the difference between stays and shays

is that stays is plural of lang=en while shays is plural of shay.

As a verb stays

is third-person singular of stay.

stays

English

Noun

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  • (plurale tantum) A corset.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 502:
    • Her face was whiter than snow, and her heart was throbbing through her stays .

    Verb

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  • (stay)

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    shays

    English

    Noun

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