Thesaurus results for FILLY

filly

noun

ˈfi-lē

as in girl

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood she's still a filly, so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life

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Recent Examples on the Web Those are parts of the colorful stories of Preakness winners with milestone anniversaries this year. 100 years ago: On a muddy track compared to waffle batter, Nellie Morse becomes fourth filly to win Preakness — only two have since. —

Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024 Trained by LeRoy Jolley, Genuine Risk became the first filly to win the Kentucky Derby in 65 years and just the second in history. —

Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024 Interestingly, in 1988, a third filly, Winning Colors, won the Kentucky Derby. —

Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024 Image Three-year-old fillies racing around the first turn in the Acorn Stakes on Friday. —

Victor J. Blue Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 8 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for filly

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