joys

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔɪz/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪz

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Noun

joys

1. plural of joy

Verb

joys

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of joy

Yola

Noun

joys

1. alternative form of joees
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:

     Oore joys all ee-smort ing a emothee knaghane.

     Our joys are all smothered in a pismire-hill.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88