gally

Example Sentences

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And Fleur, though le gally victorious, is less commanding in London society than before.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it's best no to be rash; sticking disna gang by strength, but by the guiding o' the gally.

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir

I'd a soon be a gally slave, as lead the life she did!

From The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Lord zur! an why d'ye bring en here     To gally âll tha people?

From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James

Here did God hold foorth his buckler, he shieldeth now this gally, and hath tried their faith to the vttermost.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard