woyint.
A call to a horse to stop. (Cf. way n.1 and int.1, whoa int. and n.)
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1797 T. Morton Cure for Heart-ache i. i. 5 Frank (without). Woyh! Whoh! Smiler.
1809 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick 503 Formerly, in speaking to their horses, carters..in calling to stop used the incommunicable sound of prroo, now wo, or woy.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Who, Woy, a word used to stop horses in a team.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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int.1797- i wouldn't touch him with a tenfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch him with the end of a bargepole
- i wouldn't touch it with a bargepole
- i wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with a ten-forty-foot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with a tenfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with a tenfortyfoot pole
- i wouldn't touch it with the end of a bargepole
- i wouldn'won't say no to
- i you could go
- i you plight
- i you should be so lucky
- i you, he, etc) would gladly
- i'd like to know
- i'd like to see
- i'd like to see a person do an event occur
- i'd like to see a person do something,
- i'd like to see you try
- i'd rather
- i'd say
- i'd say so
- i'd sooner it should be you than me
- i'd sooner you than me
- i'etc be seeing you