gilly

Example Sentences

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And then, if you have sense, you will turn and talk to the great giant of a gilly who lies basking on the stone beside you.

From The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Goble, Warwick

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

You made all my people think you were a straight guy; you played the role of a gilly kid to the queen's taste.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

The gilly flowers, the yellow boys, says you!

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

"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