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gillied

gillied is the simple past and past participle of gillie.

Meaning of gillie

Verb

gillie (third-person singular simple present gillies, present participle gillying, simple past and past participle gillied)

  1. (intransitive) To be a gillie, a fishing or hunting guide, for (someone).
    • I had taken bigger fish on the Alta, while fishing as Tony Pulitzer's guest on the Jöraholmen farm, but never under circumstances as bizarre as the day I found myself being ghillied by a girl.1994, Jeremy Paxman, Fish, Fishing and the Meaning of Life, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN

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Questions about gillied

What is gillied the simple past and past participle of?
Gillied is the simple past and past participle of gillie.

Words near gillied in the dictionary

  1. Gillick competence
  2. Gillick competency
  3. Gillicks
  4. gillie
  5. Gillie Callum
  6. gillied
  7. gillies
  8. Gillieston
  9. Gillieston Heights
  10. gilliflower
  11. gilliflowers

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