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Example sentences from the Web for gillsOur lovely hotel perched on top a steep hill overlooking the mountains was also packed to the gills. For Ukrainians on Holiday, the Carpathians Are the New Crimea|Vijai Maheshwari|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Meant to capture fish by the gills (hence the name), they snare anything from sea turtles to dolphins. New Report Reveals U.S. Fisheries Killing Thousands of Protected and Endangered Species|Abby Haglage|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST They seem, in fact, like cranky, petulant children, coked to the gills. Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band|Grover Lewis|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Federal courthouses are backlogged and stuffed to the gills as it is. The Biggest Lie of All|Michael Tomasky|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As soon as the oysters get plump and the gills "ruffle" add them to the hot milk. Civic League Cook Book|Anonymous There, for example, is the polywogs tail, after he becomes a frogalso his gills. Natural Wonders|Edwin Tenney Brewster Some of the most common of these parasites attach themselves to the gills of fishes. Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg A pair of Moros went by, carrying a bamboo pole from which a dozen small sharks were suspended by the gills. The Pirates of Shan|Harold Leland Goodwin In the specimens illustrated in Fig. 143 the gills are very irregular and many of them appear sinuate. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis Atkinson
pl n(sometimes singular) the wattle of birds such as domestic fowl green around the gills or green about the gills informal looking or feeling nauseated Words nearby gillsgill-netter, gill-over-the-ground, gill pouch, gill raker, Gillray, gills, gill slit, gilly, gillyflower, Gilman, Gilman, Charlotte P. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with gills
see fed to the gills; green about the gills. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to gillsbox, entrance, door, cavity, rim, gate, run, demeanor, visage, mien, orifice, funnel, clam, inlet, estuary, kisser, yap, gob, crevice, harbor |