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- noun Plural form of
hoy . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hoy .
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Examples
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The Indians being the nearest neighbours, I constantly associated with them; their hoys were my daily school - mates and play-fellows.
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The floating castles of the Hamoaze have dwindled to a few crawling lime-hoys; and the Catwater is packed, not as now, with merchant craft, but with the ships who will tomorrow begin the greatest sea-fight which the world has ever seen.
Westward Ho! 2007
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La Guayra, is pounding her into submission, while a fleet of hoys and drumblers look on and help, as jackals might the lion.
Westward Ho! 2007
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The river is navigable within three miles of the town for ships of large burthen; a little lower it may receive even a royal navy; and up to that part called the Hythe, close to the houses, it is navigable for hoys and small barques.
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The river is navigable within three miles of the town for ships of large burthen; a little lower it may receive even a royal navy; and up to that part called the Hythe, close to the houses, it is navigable for hoys and small barques.
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Careful not to touch them himself, he gave one to each of I ho hoys and put the third away.
The Burning City Niven, Larry 2000
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They were with older, tougher hoys, or even men; a few had brothers who guarded them fiercely.
The Burning City Niven, Larry 2000
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I'd never been able to fill my casks completely from the hoys.
Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962
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Tang and the two Chinese hoys were watching eagerly and scowling toward the tempestuous sky.
The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Lizette M. Edholm
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At noon the hoys stopped at a farmhouse for dinner.
The Hero of Hill House Mabel Hale
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