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gilpy, n. and a. Sc.|ˈgɪlpɪ|
Also gilpey, -ie.
A. n.
†a. A frolicsome young fellow (obs.).
b. A lively young girl.
a.1718Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xviii, A gilpy that had seen the faught I wat he was nae lang [etc.].
b.1785Burns Halloween 129, I was a gilpey then, I'm sure I was na past fyfteen. 1816Scott Old Mort. v, I mind, when I was a gilpy of a lassock, seeing the Duke. 1854Mrs. Oliphant Magd. Hepburn II. 7, I hear the lady has just as good a chance of a man as ony gilpie gaun.
B. adj. Sportive.
1863Janet Hamilton Poems & Ess. 297 Lassocks gilpie. |