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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) A stay (normally the forestay) to which the jib is attached.
Jollies? Lord help such jollies! Crish, crash! there goes the jib-stay! Blang-whang! God!.
Use jib stay when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jib stay means (nautical) A stay (normally the forestay) to which the jib is attached.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Jollies? Lord help such jollies! Crish, crash! there goes the jib-stay! Blang-whang! God!.
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