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Uey vs Bey - What's the difference?

uey | bey |

As nouns the difference between uey and bey

is that uey is (australia|canada|uk|us|colloquial|informal) a u-turn while bey is a governor of a province or district in the turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg.

uey

English

Alternative forms

* Uey * U-ey * youee

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, Canada, UK, US, colloquial, informal) A U-turn.
  • * 1987 , Kelly Lawrence, The Gone Shots , Franklin Watts, US, page 280,
    • “Don't lose her,” I growled, and plowed between the two cars and across the dividing line and banged a Uey .
  • * 2000 , Louis J. Fagan, Angelo , Independent Publishers Group, US, page 324,
    • Barry musta figured Jamie?s friend lived in town because he did a Uey and headed back that way.
  • * 2006 , Richard Crick, My Word Is My Bonus , AuthorHouse, page 255,
    • “Sid, could you please just go up Holborn a little way, do a uey and pull in over there, where we can see the entrance over on this side.”
  • * 2007 , Richard Marinick, In For a Pound , Justin, Charles & Co., US, page 59,
    • Climbing into the Mustang, McCauley banged a Uey in front of the post office and stopped for the red light half a block up at the corner of Sea Street.

    See also

    * flip a bitch (US)

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    bey

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 512:
    • She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.
  • * 2005 , Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade , p. 15:
    • Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a bey , life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.

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