gilly
1 Americannoun
noun
verb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gilly
gill (dial.) < ? + -y 2
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The politician's gilly tore himself away from his friends.
From Different Girls by Various
A "gilly" is a man attendant in the Scottish Highlands.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.
The rose is red, the violet blue, The gilly flower sweet, and so are you.
From The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes by Various
You cannot imagine how bothersome it is to go fishing with a gilly to wait on you.
From Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden by Stockton, Frank Richard
I am the gilly of Christ, The mate of Mary’s Son; I run the roads at seeding time, And when the harvest’s done.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
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
Trevison’s been fightin’ our fight for us, an’ we’ve stood around like a lot of gillies, lettin’ him do it!
From 'Firebrand' Trevison by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
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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