gilly

A "gilly" is a man attendant in the Scottish Highlands.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Ben W. Warden

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 Ben W. Warden

Having carved the juicy joint, the gilly served Sir William, then Mr. Butler, then Silver Heels, whom I had scarcely noticed, so full was I of my quarrel with Mr. Butler.

From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

That shines like the shin of a Highland gilly!

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

"It looks as though somebody jumped on a bicycle and rode after us, you gilly."

From Don Strong, Patrol Leader by William Heyliger

The child of Imelda Marcos and Dr. Seuss would collect mukluks, galoshes and gillies and high-tops, and also some moccasins, chukkas and flip-flops.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2017

Knowing how dangerous mumps can be to a full grown male, Her Majesty ordered all mumpsful Scottish gillies tucked promptly into bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

George VI rolled out of Balmoral Castle to startle Aberdeenshire gillies with his new "shooting brake," a luxurious caterpillar-wheeled contraption with sliding win dows, special gun racks, facilities for serving lunch to ten guests.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tenants, servants, and "gillies" on the Balmoral, Agergeldie and Birknall estates were bidden by their Britannic Majesties to a ball.

From Time Magazine Archive

We dress for dinner, and live much as at a shooting-lodge in the Highlands, with stock-riders for gillies.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Rolf Boldrewood

His entire demeanour said, "To think that I should have carried the gaff, and gillied good salmon fishermen for years, and be degraded into this mean tomfoolery."

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior