gills:

The face cheeks .

Quote: Captain Francis Grose. Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811): ' To look rosy about the gills, to have a fresh complexion. To look merry about the gills; to appear cheerful .'

See Also: gill, gills, in up to the eyes, in up to the neck, jill, up to one's ears in love, up to the ears in love

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