Usually means: Rebellion, led by Daniel Shays.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shays, shays: Merriam-Webster
  2. Shays: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shays: Vocabulary.com
  4. Shay's, Shays, shays: Wordnik
  5. shays: Wiktionary
  6. Shays: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Shays: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. shays: Dictionary.com
  9. Shays: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Shays: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shays: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Shay)

noun:  (archaic) A chaise.
noun:  A surname from Irish.
noun:  A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Seamus.
noun:  (rail transport) A geared steam locomotive, patented by Ephraim Shay.
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