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Filly   Listen
noun
Filly  n.  (pl. fillies)  
1.
(Zool.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal. "Neighing in likeness of a filly foal."
2.
A lively, spirited young girl. (Colloq.)





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"Filly" Quotes from Famous Books



... Honourable George. "The devil she is. I have heard no end of stories about that filly. You must positively introduce me, ...
— Barchester Towers • Anthony Trollope
... up, and that he'd yank him out of his office if he didn't mind his eye. That's you, Condor; so I advise you to look out. It's easy enough to manage Jim, if you take care. He'll go as gently as a well-broke filly; but if he once takes a lurch—if he thinks you're too 'proud' or 'big,' it's all up with you. So mind ...
— Trumps • George William Curtis
... the boy cried impetuously.—Dear heart alive, how fine they were as they filed by! That chestnut filly, clean made as a deer, her ears laid back as she reached at the bit; and the brown, just behind her—"I mean, I mean you needn't be afraid, Chaplin—I'll speak to her ladyship. I'll arrange all that. ...
— The History of Sir Richard Calmady - A Romance • Lucas Malet


Words linked to "Filly" :   female, foal


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