dilly
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See also: Dilly
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdɪli/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪli
Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dilly (comparative more dilly, superlative most dilly)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]dilly (plural dillies)
- Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
- 1958, Raymond Chandler, Playback:
- You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies.
- 2013, Andrew Lycett, Ian Fleming, page 301:
- Seriously, I mean it: From Russia, With Love is a real wowser, a lulu, a dilly and a smasheroo.
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]dilly (plural dillies)
Etymology 4
[edit]From Somersetshire dialect; perhaps a blend of daft and silly.[1]
Adjective
[edit]dilly (comparative dillier, superlative dilliest)
References
[edit]- ^ James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004, page 63.
Etymology 5
[edit]Contracted from diligence.
Noun
[edit]dilly (plural dillies)
- (dated) A kind of stagecoach.
- 1798, John Hookham Frere, George Canning, The Loves of the Triangles:
- So, down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides
The Derby dilly, carrying six insides.
- (obsolete, slang) A night cart.
References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
See also
[edit]- dilly-dally (etymologically unrelated)
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