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colly
[ kol-ee ]
verb (used with object)
- to blacken as with coal dust; begrime.
noun
- grime; soot.
colly
/ ˈkɒlɪ /
noun
- soot or grime, such as coal dust
verb
- tr to begrime; besmirch
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Origin of colly1
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Example Sentences
Thin ye will 'ave done no more than Master Colly, who has already robbed 'im ov twa—the haffections ov 'is wife an' bairn.
In another, a colly dog jumped over a coffin which a funeral party had set on the ground while they rested.
I'll take your old clothes, Colly, sooner than disgrace you by talking to you in the street in my own; but I wont borrow money.
The kitchen was empty, and silent too, except for the tick of the clock and the colly's labored breathing.
With a great burst of bleating they dashed off, the colly running after them.
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