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Definition of Housey
1. typical of house music (disco mixes) [adj HOUSIER, HOUSIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Housey
Literary usage of Housey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"His coat is so hover ' is said of an animal whose coat sticks up. House [houz].
v, to get the corn into the barn. So Halliwell (South). housey [houri], adj. ..."
2. A Window in Thrums by James Matthew Barrie (1898)
"Weel, when he was a probationer he was michty poor, an' one day he was walkin'
into Thrums frae Glen A LITTLE housey IN GLEN ..."
3. Original Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1876)
"His coat is so hover' is said of an animal whose coat sticks up. House [houz], v.
to get the corn into the barn. So Halliwell (South). housey ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"Ilia coat is so hover ' is said of an animal whoso coat sticks up. House [houz].
v. to get the corn into the barn. So Halliwell (South). housey [houz'i] ..."
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