gilly

Example Sentences

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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.

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

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

Well, we started, and Jone sat in the front, with his back to me, and the long-legged gilly rowed like a good fellow.

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

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

An hour later, in a pool strongly recommended by the gilly, another fish was caught.

From The Simpkins Plot by Birmingham, George A.