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Synonyms for fillies

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fil-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl i

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Définition of fillies

Origin :
  • c.1400, fyly, possibly from Old Norse fylja, fem. of foli "foal" (see foal (n.)). Slang sense of "young girl" is from 1610s.
  • As in foal : noun young horse
  • As in colt : noun young horse
  • As in horse : noun equine species
Example sentences :
  • Some fillies you can drive with a snaffle, others need the curb.
  • Extract from : « Tom and Some Other Girls » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • She had the full of a field of fillies if they'd all been gathered together.
  • Extract from : « Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series » by Lady Gregory
  • In all the years of their association Allerdyce had never been known to go for the fillies.
  • Extract from : « Oogie Finds Love » by Berkeley Livingston
  • It was one of Bet's fillies, and as black as a coal: you remember her, don't you, Lois?
  • Extract from : « John Ward, Preacher » by Margaret Deland
  • The Grand Criterion, for colts and fillies, has a distance of double this, or one mile (sixteen hundred mètres).
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
  • The innocent lambs skipped and danced about, and the colts and fillies pranced around their dams.
  • Extract from : « The Looking-Glass for the Mind » by M. Berquin
  • I heard the snick of the whips somewhere in the dust, and the fillies came back at a canter, very shocked and indignant.
  • Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Both colts and fillies have been inspected for this purpose, and equally have the different breeds been consulted.
  • Extract from : « The Horse's Mouth » by Edward Mayhew
  • Some of the boys worked with his fillies all the time, and he went off to New Orleans ever once in a while with his race horses.
  • Extract from : « Slave Narratives, Oklahoma » by Various
  • Mares shown the stallion late in their periods drop horse colts rather than fillies.
  • Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
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