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

But Christ and the gilly will follow on Till the ring in the east is showing, And the awny corn is red on the hills, And the golden light is glowing!

From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh

"The fairest flowers o' the season Are our carnations and streak'd gilly flower."

From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.

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

That shines like the shin of a Highland gilly!

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn