Talk:covey

Pronunciation (homographs)

The sound in the first syllable isn't the same if it is a bird (with the 'cup' sound) or a man (with the 'coal' sound).zigzig20s 14:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Pantry

Webster 1913 says it's a pantry in UK dialect, citing somebody called Parker. I could not find evidence for this in Google Books. Equinox ◑ 00:50, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

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covey

Rfv-sense: (UK, slang) A man.

I cannot find it in dictionaries. Sorry if the existence is obvious to native speakers. --Dan Polansky (talk) 11:00, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• (deprecated template usage) cove is OK for this sense (but rather dated now). SemperBlotto (talk) 16:05, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Cited and glossed as dated. Equinox ◑ 12:11, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Passed. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 21:03, 19 September 2013 (UTC)