Tey vs Toey - What's the difference?
tey | toey |
an Old English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
* 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 171:
(slang, chiefly, Australia) Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.
* 2000 , Joan Kilby, The Cattleman’s Bride , Harlequin,
As a noun tey
is an old english measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.As an adjective toey is
(slang|chiefly|australia) agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.tey
English
Noun
(en noun)- The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.
Anagrams
* * * ----toey
English
Adjective
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- “You’re toeyer than a chook caught in a swag.”
- She rolled her eyes. “I still don’t know what you mean.”