Definition of "gallous" [gallous]

• Fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous (adjective)

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• "The billy flood rose or an elk charged him or the sultrup worldwright from the excelsissimost empyrean (bolt, in sum) earthspake or the Dannamen gallous banged pan the bliddy du-ran."
• "Should I have loved you from the beginning had we toddled to the rencounter; and would my love have passed safely through the "gallous young hound" period; and could I love you more now in any case, had I _all_ your days treasured up in my heart, instead of less than a year of them?"
• "He used to know you when he was in service at the H---- s, and speaks of you as being then "a gallous young hound," whatever that may mean."