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plural ghillies
A low-cut type of shoe with decorative lacing. examples
Alternative spelling of gillie. quotations examples
[H]e said, "I hae the day off tomorrow. I'll take ye out on the Anstey if ye want." This met with Patricia's ideas of what was right or fitting. Fishing on a Scottish river with a policeman as ghillie was socially acceptable to her mind.
1998, M. C. Beaton [pseudonym; Marion Chesney], chapter 1, in Death of a Scriptwriter (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery), New York, N.Y.: Mysterious Press
third-person singular simple present ghillies, present participle ghillying, simple past and past participle ghillied
Alternative spelling of gillie. examples