joys

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔɪz/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪz
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Noun

joys

  1. plural of joy

Verb

joys

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of joy

Yola

Noun

joys

  1. Alternative form of joees
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:
      Oore joys all ee-smort ing a emothee knaghane.
      Our joys are all smothered in a pismire-hill.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88
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