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dewey

adjectivenouncommon in dialogue

A charge of DUI.

adjective

  1. 1

    Variant of dewyobsoleteObsolete form of dewy.

    115 lbs. of green, dewey grass

    For Memnon was that dewey, royal boy, son of Aurora, and born King of Egypt, who, with enthusiastic rashness flinging himself on another’s account into a rightful quarrel, fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.

noun

  1. 1

    slangA charge of DUI.

Etymology

A phonetic pronunciation of the initialism DUI, particularly in some rural areas of the US.

Forms

plural
deweys
comparative
more dewey
superlative
most dewey
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