Lexicographical Neighbors of Rollicky
Literary usage of Rollicky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1886)
"Tho women, I may hero remark, are excessively rollicky, and the unmarried girls
have apparently any amount of latitude given to them. ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"He give us a real rollicky one, and words to match it—one of them nigger laughin'-
songs that set you to twitchin' all over; just plumb full of gayness and ..."
3. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"W. If you want a receipt for this soldierlike paragon, Force of Mephisto pronouncing
a ban— A smack of Lord Waterford, reckless and rollicky— Get at the ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"... Quest," being not rude and rollicky, but rude and subdued, something that
needs a lingering look to get all of it. It is written in the Scandinavian ..."
5. Patience: Or, Bunthorne's Bride by William Schwenck Gilbert (1902)
"... The family pride of a Spaniard from Arragon— Force of Mephisto pronouncing a
ban A smack of Lord Waterford, reckless and rollicky— Swagger of Roderick, ..."
6. The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: A Book for an Idle Holiday by Jerome Klapka Jerome (1891)
"... blushing and casting down their gentle eyes when looked at, and running away
when spoken to; while we men are supposed to be a bold and rollicky lot, ..."
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