Dictionary Entry
An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
Origin
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Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “guy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Guy Chevrolet Sales Clements Day 769-3138
Night - 769-3311
Read full poem →over my face, back, neck, and some on my chest. It happened just as I was
beginning to be accepted as a tough guy and a leader. I was still tough but
it wasn’t the same. I had to withdraw. I watched people from afar, it was
Read full poem →Peter was the guy with the 10-incher, soft.
Read full poem →Another guy we jerked around was Pop Farnsworth. It began the first
day in Machine Shop. He said, “Here we learn by doing. We will begin
Read full poem →It was just as well. A tough guy didn’t need that. I took off my ancient
cap and gown and handed it to the guy at the end of the aisle—the janitor.
Read full poem →like up ter yknow, Rektuz, Toysday nite;
where uh guy gets gayn troze uh lobstersalad
Read full poem →you know what i mean when
the first guy drops you know
everybody feels sick or
Read full poem →Let the bell toll!--a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river.
And, Guy de Vere, hast _thou_ no tear?--weep now or never more!
See! on yon drear and rigid bier low lies thy love, Lenore!
Read full poem →Sinister Street, Vol. II, 7s. 6d.
Guy and Pauline, 7s. 6d.
Sylvia Scarlett, 8s.