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Dilly — may refer to: People: Erin Dilly (b. 1972), a Tony Award nominated actress Dilly Braimoh (b. 1959), an African British television presenter and producer Dilly Knox (1884–1943), British codebreaker and classical scholar at King s College,… … Wikipedia
dilly — dil ly (d[i^]l l[y^]), n. something remarkable, highly unusual, or exceptionally effective; as, a dilly of a movie; when I make a mistake, it s a dilly. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dilly — dil ly (d[i^]l l[y^]), n. [Contr. fr. diligence.] A kind of stagecoach. The Derby dilly. J. H. Frere. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dilly — Géographie Pays Mali Région Koulikoro Cercle … Wikipédia en Français
dilly — delightful or excellent person or thing (often used ironically), 1935, Amer.Eng., from an earlier adj. (1909), perhaps from the first syllable of delightful or delicious, or related to the nursery word for duck. Dilly was also slang for a… … Etymology dictionary
Dilly — Dilly, Stadt, so v.w. Dilli 1) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Dilly — f English: pet form of DILYS (SEE Dilys), DILWEN (SEE Dilwen), and DAFFODIL (SEE Daffodil), now sometimes used as an independent given name … First names dictionary
dilly — ☆ dilly [dil′ē ] n. pl. dillies [orig. adj., prob. altered & contr. < DEL(IGHTFUL) + Y2] Slang a surprising or remarkable person, thing, event, etc … English World dictionary
dilly — noun (plural dillies) Etymology: obsolete dilly, adjective, delightful, perhaps by shortening & alteration from delightful Date: 1935 one that is remarkable or outstanding < had a dilly of a storm > … New Collegiate Dictionary
dilly — n. something excellent. □ This little car is a real dilly. □ What a dilly of an apartment! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
dilly — /dil ee/, n., pl. dillies. Informal. something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.: a dilly of a movie. [1930 35; Amer.; earlier as adj.: wonderful, appar. a shortening of DELIGHTFUL or DELICIOUS, with Y1 (now taken as Y2)] * * * … Universalium
