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  • Kylee said this on January 21, 2008 at 3:06 pm | Reply kylee…your jilly sounds like a pretty cat ;

    Cats « Fairegarden 2008

  • Meiman (the Canaryman to Mia, Tweety Bird to Jake) crept forward, grasping Andrew-the fat man in the tux with the plaid lapels-with one hand and Andrew's even fatter jilly with the other.

    The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004

  • Sayre would've turned it on when he and his tet passed with the blackskin jilly.

    The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004

  • At the same moment his jilly lunged and struck the ivory turtle from the Pere's hand, screaming as she did so.

    The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004

  • "Hello!" cried Uncle Wiggily, making his nose twinkle in a most jilly-jolly way.

    Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters Howard Roger Garis 1917

  • 'Stop, Sir, you'll break this jilly flower,' and she lifts off the coat tail agin; in fact, it's so crowded, you can't squeeze along, scarcely, without a doin 'of mischief somewhere or another.

    The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

  • 'Stop, Sir, you'll break this jilly flower,' and she lifts off the coat tail agin; in fact, it's so crowded, you can't squeeze along, scarcely, without a doin 'of mischief somewhere or another.

    The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

  • Australian cyclist CADEL EVENS - wheels of steel, a hurricane of power up the Pyrenees Mountain to win overall on the Day, a jilly 20-year drought for Australian cyclists of the Lead Yellow

    WN.com - Articles related to India is changing 2010

  • Australian cyclist CADEL EVENS - wheels of steel, a hurricane of power up the Pyrenees Mountain to win overall on the Day, a jilly 20-year drought for Australian cyclists of the Lead Yellow Jersey perfect motion & choice ...

    WN.com - Articles related to India is changing 2010

  • Cecile don't forget jilly bam for nine great hours on Friday!

    WFMU's recent playlists 2009

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