dilly

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪli/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪli

Etymology 1

dill +‎ -y

Adjective

dilly (comparative more dilly, superlative most dilly)

  1. Redolent of dill (the spice).

Etymology 2

Noun

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
    • Raymond Chandler, Playback
      You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies.

Etymology 3

Noun

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. (Australia) A dilly bag.

Etymology 4

Contracted from diligence.

Noun

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. (dated) A kind of stagecoach.
    • J. H. Frere
      So, down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides
      The Derby dilly, carrying six insides.

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