Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The monetary standard of the Gold Coast of Africa, equal to 20 grains of gold-dust, or about 80 cents.
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Examples
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As far as 'akey' is concerned, I presume a trained reader of the writing system would understand 'e' to be pronounced as in 'de' and 'y' to be pronounced as in 'payer', so they'd combine the sounds.
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Their reinstatement is akey term that Nawaz Sharif wants any future coalition partners to agree to.
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LoneSnort will be playing the opening music and Billy Ray Rhinoserous will be closeing with akey breakey paws.. shud be grate day!
we liek to move it move it - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Steve Beshear (D) (via video), for whom BCTD and other union members played akey rolein his 2007 victory; and political analyst James Carville.
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Their reinstatement is akey term that Nawaz Sharif wants any future coalition partners to agree to.
Legal drama 2008
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Using you as akey messenger forinspiring the practice of noble ideals would surely be divinely ironic.
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"Without one last e, akey and travay end in just another ê sound, which rather defeats the point."
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Without one last e, akey and travay end in just another ê sound, which rather defeats the point.
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Re «akey, travay»: I believe that they are indeed striving for a one-to-one grapheme to phoneme relationship I believe these are the terms?
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Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (Nigeria, 1973) (L.akey, C.L. A., ed.), pp. 72-77.
Chapter 37 1987
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