Lexicographical Neighbors of Gilpies
Literary usage of Gilpies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott (1878)
"... somewhat indignant at the contemptuous way in which her gossip was mentioned ; "
when she and I were twa gilpies, we little thought to hae ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... hare cled the green, AfU* I hare young sportive gilpies seen, The waxing hi'
with meikle pleasure row, Till past their pith it did unwieldy grow. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers by William Hanna (1857)
"... a Professor there myself, I used to wonder if these gilpies could have the
same feeling toward me.' I may give another instance equally characteristic. ..."
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