¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Joeys
1. joey [n] - See also: joey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Joeys
Literary usage of Joeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trooper Police of Australia: A Record of Mounted Police Work in the by Arthur Lincoln Haydon (1911)
"... the police—Mr. William Mitchell appointed Commissioner—Dodging the " joeys "—A
typical scene—Ex-Superintendent Brennan—The bushrangers outwitted—Another ..."
2. Literacy Centers by Jill Norris (2003)
"I Match the joey to I the correct mother. 2. Choose a joey. 3. Match all the joeys.
4. Write the names of the I joeys on the record form. ..."
3. Literacy Centers by Jill Norris (2003)
"I Match the joey to I the correct mother. 2. Choose a joey. 3. Match all the joeys.
4. Write the names of the I joeys on the record form. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"The scene on this occasion must have been very exciting, the kangaroos dodging
grotesquely about in all directions, the baby-kangaroos (called joeys), ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"... my love,—bravely done 1 The old Greek spirit lives in thee yet 1 " And now
only poor BOB (better than a clown, as he was worth three "joeys") remained, ..."
Other Resources:
