2. Proper noun. (surname from=Old French) ¹
3. Noun. (Ireland) A small gift given by a vendor to a purchaser, lagniappe. ¹
4. Noun. (Australia) Small open backed truck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tilly
1. clayey [adj TILLIER, TILLIEST] - See also: clayey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilly
Literary usage of Tilly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Castle tilly, Brabant, near Belgium, February 1559; d. Ingolstadt, Bavaria, 30
April 1632. He received a strict Jesuit education, but preferring ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Castle tilly, Brabant, near Belgium, February 1559; d. Ingolstadt, Bavaria, 30
April 1632. He received a strict Jesuit education, but preferring life in the ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"tilly Ann almost fell off the roof when she saw- Miss Rose, ... tilly Ann scrambled
down from her lofty perch, and came to the assistance of her teacher; ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"winter was, in the seventeenth century, a very uncommon thing, and tilly met ...
tilly attacked the Bohemians, who had taken up a fortified position on the ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"tilly attacked the Bohemians, who had taken up a fortified position on the Weisse
Berg, near Prague, and in a few hours the Bohemian army was nearly ..."
6. Scribners Monthly by Charles William Wason (1878)
"His smile was such a cordial one that tilly did not misinterpret it, ...
tilly stood still looking ill at ease; and Joe stood still, also looking ill at ..."
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