gallous
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Father Reilly's after reading it in gallous Latin, and "It's come in the nick of time," says he; "so I'll wed them in a hurry, dreading that young gaffer who'd capsize the stars."
From The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. (John Millington) Synge
You must find me somebody who was a "gallous young hound" in the days of his youth—Crossjay, for instance:—there!
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman
Ah, you'll have a gallous jaunt I'm saying, coaching out through Limbo with my father's ghost.
From The Playboy of the Western World by J. M. (John Millington) Synge
My Dearest: See what an effect your "gallous young hound" episode has had on me.
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman
He used to know you when he was in service at the H——s, and speaks of you as being then "a gallous young hound," whatever that may mean.
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman
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