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Definition of Goggly
1. wide-eyed [adj -GLIER, -GLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goggly
Literary usage of Goggly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Wiltshire by George Edward Dartnell, Edward Hungerford Goddard (1893)
"... an' goggly ael day.'—N. & SW (4) n. 'All of a goggle,' shaking all over, ...
goggly. Unsteady, shaky. Sometimes Giggly is used, as in example given ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"goggly; ALL OF A GOGGLE. Giddy. [Hund. of Berk.] GOLDEN CHAIN. Cytisus Laburnum.
L. [Chedworth.] [Britten & Holland.] GOLD KNOPS. Ranunculus acris. ..."
3. Campaigns of a Non-combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend (1866)
"... them to visit the jail, — a, tumble-down old structure with goggly windows,
and so unsafe that the felons had to be ironed to almost their own weight. ..."
4. Children of the Slaves by Stephen Graham (1920)
"... once that the Blacks of Norfolk were very much more black than those of
Washington or New York. Their hair was more matted. Their eyes were more goggly. ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1901)
"Let's get, before these Germans come and stare—they're so goggly." The mob of
onlookers, all eyes, was coming up eagerly, for the hunt had disappeared, ..."
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