Definition of Dillies

1. Noun. (plural of dilly) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dillies

1. dilly [n] - See also: dilly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dillies

diligent
diligently
diligentness
dilithium
dill
dill oil
dill pickle
dill seed
dill weed
dilled
dillenia
dilleniid dicot family
dilleniid dicot genus
dilli
dillier
dillies (current term)
dilliest
dilling
dillings
dillio
dillis
dillisk
dills
dillseed
dilluing
dilly
dilly-dallied
dilly-dallier
dilly-dallies
dilly-dally

Literary usage of Dillies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1762)
"Nine dillies. On the table between en vice was ... Hot and cold dillies 414 defert not included. ..."

2. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"CHAPTER V. THE LIME AND SAPODILLA, COMMONLY CALLED "SOURS AND dillies. ... Since then my interest in sours and dillies has grown, in spite of devastating ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1882)
"... "Daffy Down dillies," by the same author; and "Veronica; or, the Light-house Keeper." THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY issues this week a parcel of books, ..."

4. Transactions by American Ethnological Society (1861)
"Mr. SPENCER—What is the least inclination these dillies can be satisfactorily applied ? Mr. CRONE—We seldom think of applying them less than eight inches to ..."

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