gallous
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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 Housman, Laurence
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 Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
He was a "gallous chap" in his youth, so said my grandmother, with a great love of good clothes and gunpowder.
From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving
My Dearest: See what an effect your "gallous young hound" episode has had on me.
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Housman, Laurence
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 Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
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