• Dilly

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɪli

    Origin 1

    Full definition of dilly

    Adjective

    dilly

    1. redolent of dill (the spice)

    Origin 2

    Noun

    dilly

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

    Origin 3

    Contracted from diligence.

    Noun

    dilly

    (plural dillies)
    1. (dated) A kind of stagecoach.
      • J. H. FrereThe Derby dilly.

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