His ambitions have flown, his plans gone a-Gley, and the one thing that could remain was the eager searching for an immediate change, for a reckless occupation in whose pursuit he might gamble with his life and, perhaps, throw it away.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick
So it was here; our plans went very much "a-Gley," for I awoke on the morning of the match with a headache, which I knew would completely upset me for the day.
"Burr Junior"
G. Manville Fenn
The wife's assistants, if she has any, are unspeakably in the rough, and little children make all her schemes "gang a-Gley."
"A New Atmosphere"
Gail Hamilton