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Definition of Sillies
1. silly [n] - See also: silly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sillies
Literary usage of Sillies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"This version of "The Three sillies" was collected from oral tradition in Suffolk,
... THE THREE sillies Once upon a time there was a farmer and his ..."
2. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"This version of "The Three sillies" was collected from oral tradition in ...
THE THREE sillies Once upon a time there was a farmer and his wife who had one ..."
3. English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, John Dickson Batten (1890)
"... and I never met three such big sillies as you three before ; and now I shall
start out on my travels again, and when I can find three bigger sillies ..."
4. Folk-tales of Andros Island, Bahamas by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (1918)
"THE sillies.* This was a woman who had three daughters. One was ingage. Now, this
evening the youngster come to the house. The mother send one to the well. ..."
5. Searchlights by George William Coleman (1909)
"My friend was very much amused at the "A Bait whole proceeding; it seemed to make
very for sillies" little difference to him either way. ..."
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