"gilly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gillies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gilly (plural gillies)
  1. Alternative spelling of gillie (“a guide”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gillie (extra: a guide)
    Sense id: en-gilly-en-noun-CNAL8~2p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gilly (uncountable)
  1. (slang) The drink torpedo juice. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gilly-en-noun-V1a~244I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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