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Definition of Savey

1. to understand [v -ED, -ING, -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Savey

savate savates save save save-all saveable saved saved up(p) savegard savegards

saveloy saveloys saver savers saves savey (current term) saveyed saveying saveys save up

savin savine savine savines saving saving(a) savingly savings savings account savings account trust

Literary usage of Savey

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1. How We Got Into Pekin: A Narrative of the Campaign in China of 1860 by Robert James Leslie M'Ghee (1862)
"Oh, divel a bit, you savey." So the faithful Paddy would discourse his coolies for hours, eliciting an occasional grunt, not that they z ..."

2. How We Got Into Pekin: A Narrative of the Campaign in China of 1860 by Robert James Leslie M'Ghee (1862)
"It's all very well for you now, you savey, becase you get mate every day for your dinner, you savey, number one chowchow, you savey, that's becase you're at ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"me tell you dis... if you free, you no idle ; you savey dat ? ... He savey every ting about you, he love you dearly, he come from England across the sea to ..."

4. The Empire Review (1905)
"Missee savey," he commenced with an aggrieved tone, ... Missee savey, molning time masta cally money long township. ..."

5. Six Months in the West Indies by Henry Nelson Coleridge (1841)
"(What for you no make quiet your piccaninny,* you great tall ting dere ? ... ) me tell dis'... if you free, you no idle; you savey dat ? ..."

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