gallus

• For all its gallus, big city status, my hometown often feels no more than a wee village.
• We found that a continental population of G. g. gallus was the real matriarchic origin of all the domestic poultries examined in this study. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
• 'Kaze ef I got ter go ter de gallus, I want to go dar fer sump'n' n'er bigger'n dat Uncle Remus disdained to make any reply, but Daddy Jack chuckled and patted himself on the knee as he cried Come 'long, lilly gal! —  Nights With Uncle Remus
• It consisted of one pair of breeches rolled up to the knees, with one patch on the "western hemisphere," one little shirt with one button at the top, one "gallus," and one invalid straw hat. —  Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
• Even th' gallus, if it could but tell Ov its victims dropt ovver life's brink; It wod add a sad lot moor to swell The list ov those lost throo strong Drink Yet daily we thowtlessly pass The hell-traps 'at stand like a curse; Bedizened wi' glitter an glass To mak paupers, an likely do worse. —  Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect

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