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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a good lay" is a colloquial term that is often used informally in spoken English.
It is not considered grammatically correct and should not be used in formal or written language. Example: "I heard that the new mattress is a good lay, it's really comfortable." In informal speech, this may be a common way to say that the mattress is comfortable, but in written language, it would be more appropriate to say "the new mattress is very comfortable."
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"This character," Williams reflected of his colleague at the time, "has never had a good lay".
I thought, privately, This character has never had a good lay.
One man told me that the secret of being a good lay was: "Never let a hand lie idle.
Once you have a good lay of the land, explicitly lay out your vision and then plan to start moving toward it.
The sequence could be a grandiose variation on the old joke about the politician who wakes up feeling fine and can't remember whether he had a good lay or a good crowd the night before.
His exploits — trying to sell the preserved corpse of an Indian chief; foiling his anthropologist girlfriend's plans to excavate a Chippewa burial ground — are fun, but the real pleasure of the book lies in his philosophy of life, which involves bucking convention and the law in pursuit of a decent meal, a good lay, or easy money.
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It's like telling a good lie.
He pulled up alongside a ball saying: "You've not got a good lie".
Everything Everything were a band in need of a good lie down.
1.55pm: Ian Poulter finds a good lie on the second... From a drop.
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