Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
foy [foi] EXAMPLES| noun Chiefly Scot. a farewell gift, feast, or drink. faith. Liberaldictionary.com
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Foy subscribes to a similar school of thought: literary, cinematic, and pop enthusiasms fill his debut to bursting.
Novelist D. Foy Dubs His Debut ‘Gutter Opera’ And Who Are We To Argue?
J.T. Price
May 12, 2014
Speaking with The Tottenville Review, Foy calls his school of writing “gutter opera.”
Novelist D. Foy Dubs His Debut ‘Gutter Opera’ And Who Are We To Argue?
J.T. Price
May 12, 2014
Foy said Dorner quickly realized he had been recognized and turned down a side road.
Christine Pelisek
February 13, 2013
That investment, according to Foy, resulted in a $90 million loss for the state.
Sally Denton
March 12, 2009
Historical Examples of foy
Terence was taken to the quarters of General Foy, who was in command there.
G. A. Henty
He tore off General Milhaud’s epaulettes, which he flung into Foy’s face.
William Makepeace Thackeray
“You win battles for us without our help,” said General Foy to me.
Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time
Franois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Foy, against whom there was practically no evidence, was released on $10,000 bail.
Arthur G. Burgoyne
We were apt to “foy” at our work to the extent of grudging meal-times and sleep.
Juliana Horatia Ewing
Word Origin and History for foy n.
“parting entertainment,” Scottish and dialectal, late 15c., probably ultimately from French voie “way, journey” (see voyage (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
