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Definition of Dillies
1. dilly [n] - See also: dilly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dillies
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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