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