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A horse and filly.

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From Old Norse fylja (whence Danish føl), related to foal. Cognate with Dutch veulen, German Fohlen.

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filly (plural fillies)

  1. A young female horse.
    Coordinate term: colt
  2. (dated) A young, attractive woman.
    Hey, Homer, get a load of the gams on that filly!
    • 1994 October, Susie Day, “Wake Up and Smell the Lubricant”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      Betty Lou began to think of Bobby Jo. That feisty filly still brought up sexual connotations, even though the two had been going together for almost three weeks now.

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