gilly

Example Sentences

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Close to one plate a bunch of stocks and gilly flowers reposed on the dirty tablecloth, as though dropped and forgotten by the God of Love.

From Fraternity by Galsworthy, John

The air came in from the garden, sweet but chilly, laden with the scent of lilac and gilly flowers.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

"Don't pull, madam," shouted the gilly, and it was well he did, for I was just on the point of giving an awful jerk to get the fish loose from Jone.

From Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden by Stockton, Frank Richard

"I am not a gilly, but the King of Ireland's Son," said he.

From The King of Ireland's Son by Colum, Padraic

"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