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joey Definition

joey (ē)

noun

  1. a young kangaroo
  2. any young animal

Etymology: Australian native name joé

joey Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: Alongside the bank was usually a shortened, converted iron joey called Eileen.
  • have: Mother kangaroos often have a joey in pouch and a joey at foot - neither can survive without her.

Adjective modifier

young: Young joeys who are still inside their mother's pouch suffer a more grisly death.

Modifies a noun

  • barton: Also we will get joey barton for around 5mil as he may walk out for free at the end of next season.
  • boat: Edward Paget Tomlinson's drawing depicts a wooden joey boat on the bank at Valencia Wharf undergoing repair.
  • mackerel: The larger bass fall to live joey mackerel or small pouting.
  • riot: JOEY RIOT Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:53 pm Subject: JOEY RIOT BACK ON NET RADIO!

Noun used with modifier

  • organist: The kind of organist joey de in what was.
  • baby: It refuses even to discuss the beating to death of hundreds of thousands of baby joeys as it knows it is indefensible.

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