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gillie

gil·lie

UK/ˈɡɪli/ US/ˈd͡ʒili/ uncommon uk

noun

1.
2.

a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep

Synonyms

Origin

From gill (“drink measure for spirits”) + -ie; probably a nonce word coined by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) to maintain the rhyme in a poem entitled On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies, first published in 1786: see the quotation.

Phrases

  • ghillie suit
  • gillie suit

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