gilly
Example Sentences
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The politician's gilly tore himself away from his friends.
From Different Girls by Various
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
The gilly said that perhaps I had too much line out, and so he took the rod and wound up a good deal of the line.
From Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden by Stockton, Frank Richard
"To mix the mortar with, gilly," said the Giant.
From The King of Ireland's Son by Colum, Padraic
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.