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kelly

[kel-ee] / ˈkɛl i /


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“Hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you or why you don’t own a kelly bag,” he wrote.

From Salon Feb. 24, 2026

The Eagles will wear their throwback kelly green jerseys for the second time this season.

From Washington Times Nov. 24, 2023

With the A’s wearing kelly green jerseys for a rare road game, he allowed three runs, struck out seven and walked one.

From Seattle Times Jun. 18, 2021

Site-specific performances quietly unfold in various corners: a young woman in a kelly green dress performs jerky, mime-like movements in the bar, pressing her palms against the translucent  glass walls and playing peekaboo with passersby.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2016

Forest and pine and kelly and grass, all flowing together like a green ocean.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

For catching "kellies" or "killies," bait the trap with crushed clams or salt-water mussels and for fresh water shiners use mincemeat or bread crumbs and do not spill any bait outside of the trap.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.




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