Tilley
/ (ˈtɪlɪ) /
Vesta (ˈvɛstə), original name Matilda Alice Powles. 1864–1952, British music-hall entertainer, best known as a male impersonator
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How to use Tilley in a sentence
Mr. Elijah Tilley appeared to regard a stranger with scornful indifference.
The Country of the Pointed Firs | Sarah Orne JewettMr. Tilley agreed, by a sober nod, and went his way bent-shouldered and with a rolling gait.
The Country of the Pointed Firs | Sarah Orne JewettMr. Tilley was carrying a small haddock in one hand, and presently shifted it to the other hand lest it might touch my skirt.
The Country of the Pointed Firs | Sarah Orne JewettTurning, I found old Elijah Tilley, who had come softly out of his dark fish-house, as if it were a burrow.
The Country of the Pointed Firs | Sarah Orne JewettI regret I never saw Vesta Tilley, with whom the old tops compare her so favourably.
Adventures in the Arts | Marsden Hartley
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