- a variation of gillie.
gilly
1 Americannoun
noun
verb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of gilly
gill (dial.) < ? + -y 2
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"You must throw your fly, madam," said the gilly, always very polite.
From Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden by Stockton, Frank Richard
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
"VOTO A DIOS! as the Spaniard says," exclaimed the Major, "and some beggarly gilly may get it while I stand prating here!"
From A Legend of Montrose by Scott, Walter, Sir
A "gilly" is a man attendant in the Scottish Highlands.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.
But Christ and the gilly will follow on Till the ring in the east is showing, And the awny corn is red on the hills, And the golden light is glowing!
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
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
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
One day, while deerstalking, just as a magnificent shot came his way, the gillies were astonished to have the painter thrust the gun into their hands, and hastily take out his sketch-book.
From Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)
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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