be toye
Definitions
v. To make a mistake, be wrong.
Example Sentences
"I was toye." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
- English
Etymology
partial English calque of Y טועה זײַן toye zayn
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
be toyeh, be toie, be toieh
Notes
See also toes.
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