gilly

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Definition of gilly

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of gillie (“a guide”).
    “Before we knew it, we were on a Fokker, twin engine, jet aircraft out of Copenhagen bound for Stavenger, Bergen and Trondheim, Norway, where we rested up for two days before boarding a four passenger float plane in the tiny Village of Hell. The Land Rover manned by our gilly (guide) waited where the A-Elv River joined the sea at the head of the fjord.”
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of gillie (“a guide”).
    “Before we knew it, we were on a Fokker, twin engine, jet aircraft out of Copenhagen bound for Stavenger, Bergen and Trondheim, Norway, where we rested up for two days before boarding a four passenger float plane in the tiny Village of Hell. The Land Rover manned by our gilly (guide) waited where the A-Elv River joined the sea at the head of the fjord.”
  2. (slang, uncountable)The drink torpedo juice.

name

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Gillian.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surname from French.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A suburban town in Charleroi municipality, Belgium.
  4. (countable, uncountable)A municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French Gilly.

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