gilly
1 Americannoun
noun
verb (used with or without object)
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Etymology
Origin of gilly
gill (dial.) < ? + -y 2
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Follow the gilly Beyond to the west: He leads where the Christ lies On Mary’s white breast.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
As I came over the grey, grey hills And over the grey, grey water, I saw the gilly leading on, And the white Christ following after.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
The air came in from the garden, sweet but chilly, laden with the scent of lilac and gilly flowers.
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
I heard him tell Gideon: "I'll have hell with that gilly kid, he thinks it a minstrel show; I got to hold him down or he'll queer the fake."
From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.
"I should say not," and he made up such a comical face that even the gilly, who was very polite, had to laugh as he went to take the hook out of his ear.
From Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden by Stockton, Frank Richard
The child of Imelda Marcos and Dr. Seuss would collect mukluks, galoshes and gillies and high-tops, and also some moccasins, chukkas and flip-flops.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2017
Tenants, servants, and "gillies" on the Balmoral, Agergeldie and Birknall estates were bidden by their Britannic Majesties to a ball.
From Time Magazine Archive
George VI rolled out of Balmoral Castle to startle Aberdeenshire gillies with his new "shooting brake," a luxurious caterpillar-wheeled contraption with sliding win dows, special gun racks, facilities for serving lunch to ten guests.
From Time Magazine Archive
Knowing how dangerous mumps can be to a full grown male, Her Majesty ordered all mumpsful Scottish gillies tucked promptly into bed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Colonel met me at the station in the uniform of the 69th, attended by two gillies holding torches.
From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert
His entire demeanour said, "To think that I should have carried the gaff, and gillied good salmon fishermen for years, and be degraded into this mean tomfoolery."
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William
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