sego

[ see-goh ]

noun

, plural se·gos.

1. sego lily.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sego¹

1850–55, Americanism; < Southern Paiute siγoʔo

Example Sentences

The Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce is interested in a boat to Bremerton that avoids crowded Highway 305 and the Agate Pass Bridge, while Sego, with Friends of the Fast Ferry, favors a Bremerton boat to growing Silverdale.

From Seattle Times

“We are blessed, and sometimes we don’t see it. One hundred and fifty years ago we saw it. Boats were taking people everywhere. There was a vital connectivity that was happening,” said Steven Sego, founder of Friends of the Fast Ferry, in Kitsap County.

From Seattle Times

When Alfred Hitchock first saw Nathalie Hedren in a 1961 commercial for a diet drink named Sego, he immediately felt the young model could be the next Grace Kelly.

From Fox News

Open the cabinet in the master bathroom, and to this day, you will find expired six-packs of Sego, a chalky dietary milk shake popular in the late sixties.

From Literature

The sheriff’s office said 67-year-old Timothy Clark, 51-year-old John Lowe and 46-year-old Neil Sego died Thursday.

From Washington Times