stay-in strike

[ stey-in ]

nounBritish.
  • Also called stay-in .

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How to use stay-in strike in a sentence

  • I'm a little gel stayin' with her now, and you—I want you to come back with me.

    Sue, A Little Heroine | L. T. Meade
  • I've just had word that he went in there fifteen minutes ago; it's likely he'll be stayin' a while.

    From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb
  • Vot do you say to stayin und keepin watch on dese retgoads till after dark, Tim?

    The Dare Boys in Virginia | Stephen Angus Cox
  • I got the sack four times, an' hed right smart mittens, afore I cotched a stayin' holt on my old woman.

  • Now, if you wouldn't mind goin' up and stayin' with Cap'n Baxter for a few minutes while I finish gettin' breakfast.

    Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby Lincoln