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Davey

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈdeɪvi//

A diminutive of the male given name David.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A diminutive of the male given name David.

    Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.

  2. 2

    A surname originating as a patronymic derived from David.

  3. 3

    A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.

The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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