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- noun Plural form of
joey .
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Examples
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“And you told her that baby kangaroos were called joeys, right?”
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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“And you told her that baby kangaroos were called joeys, right?”
Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010
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Young kangaroos, known as joeys, crawl into the pouch as soon as they are born.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Young kangaroos, known as joeys, crawl into the pouch as soon as they are born.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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The Leewit joined the clowns-or "joeys," as they called themselves-fitting in as if she had been one all her life.
The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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The koala babies called joeys come out of their mothers’ pouches and ride on their backs.
Visit Kangeroo Island, Australia Thatsnews 2006
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The koala babies called joeys come out of their mothers’ pouches and ride on their backs.
Archive 2006-05-01 Thatsnews 2006
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Kangaroos can legally be babysitters, and mothers often arrange playdates with the joeys in their pouches.
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When we'd drank enough of the Shiners that we could carry the rest with us, we skated along the ditch with bottles sticking out of our pockets like joeys from kangaroo pouches.
The Widow's Trailer 2009
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There are only so many times a day a girl can be called “butthead” by her brother before wanting to kick him in the joeys.
Stupid Cupid Rhonda Stapleton 2009
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