Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
Windies pl n informal
- the Windies the international cricket team of the West Indies
Word Origin for Windies from the abbreviation W. Indies Examples from the Web for windies Historical Examples of windies
It’s the windies I’m anxious about, for they’re ower big to fill up.
John Buchan
Come on then, sledge in the doors an’ windies, an’ if we lave a single inch of the villains together, may we be hanged like dogs!
William Carleton
It’ll give me a power of enjoyment seein’ me chimneys go up in front of their windies.
The Skin Game (Fourth Series Plays)
John Galsworthy
He likit fresh air outside fine but never kept his windies open much unless the weather was vera propitious.
J. Storer Clouston
And he was that active and strong he could get into the house through one of the windies, just like a great monkey.
J. Storer Clouston