- a variation of gillie.
gilly
1 Americannoun
noun
verb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gilly
gill (dial.) < ? + -y 2
Example Sentences
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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
Well, we started, and Jone sat in the front, with his back to me, and the long-legged gilly rowed like a good fellow.
From Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden by Stockton, Frank Richard
"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
The gilly, who accompanied him up the river in the afternoon, came in for the last gusts of the expiring storm.
From The Simpkins Plot by Birmingham, George A.
The politician's gilly tore himself away from his friends.
From Different Girls by Various
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