Definitions for doyleys

doyleys doy·ley

Spelling: [doi-lee]
IPA: /ˈdɔɪ li/

Doyleys is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in doyleys (delosyy).

Definitions for doyleys

noun

  1. doily.
  2. any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
  3. Archaic. a small napkin, as one used during a dessert course.

Origin of doyleys

First recorded in 1670-80; named after a London draper of the late 17th century

Examples for doyleys

Whin the ould sow litters, doyley, it's sore perplexhed we'll be fer shlapin' room.

Col. Beeston seems to have harboured a peculiar spite against doyley.

How can a legal contract be like a doyley on the back of a chair?

The soldier, afterwards boasting that he had won this trophy, was reproved by doyley, who had seen the action.

Bloom bent leopold ear, turning a fringe of doyley down under the vase.

The constable looked grave, too, when he saw the knife and the doyley.

Word Value for doyleys
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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