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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A churchyard; a church-haw.
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As she said 'pon her death-bed, "five-foot-six of church-hay will hold the only two achers left to me," she being a little body and very facetious to the last, and meaning her legs, of course.
Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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