gilly

plural gillies

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of gillie (“a guide”).

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   Before we knew it, we were on a Fokker, twin engine, jet aircraft out of Copenhagen bound for Stavenger, Bergen and Trondheim, Norway, where we rested up for two days before boarding a four passenger float plane in the tiny Village of Hell. The Land Rover manned by our gilly (guide) waited where the A-Elv River joined the sea at the head of the fjord.

   2010, John W. Stevens, “Atlantic Salmon from Hell and Back”, in Memorable Fish and Fishermen, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN

1. slanguncountableThe drink torpedo juice.

1. A diminutive of the female given name Gillian.

plural Gillys

1. countableuncountableA surname from French.
2. countableuncountableA suburban town in Charleroi municipality, Belgium.
3. countableuncountableA municipality in Vaud canton, Switzerland.