Definition of "colley" [col•ley]

• Dated form of collie. (dog breed) (noun)

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• "His eyes glittered, his mouth worked convulsively, and his cheeks were as black with the flying soot as the "colley" of the pot."
• "I fancy the poor dog seems to feel the monstrosity of the performance, and, in sheer shame for his master, forgivingly tries to assume it is PLAY; and I have seen a little "colley" running along, barking, and endeavoring to leap and gambol in the shafts, before a load that any one out of this locality would have thought the direst cruelty."
• "Yes, you read right "colley" is an old world meaning"