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dillies

dillies is the plural of dilly.

Meaning of dilly

Noun (1)

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
    • You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies.1958, Raymond Chandler, Playback

Noun (2)

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. (Australia) A dilly bag.

Noun (3)

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. (dated) A kind of stagecoach.
    • So, down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides
      The Derby dilly, carrying six insides.1798, John Hookham Frere, George Canning, The Loves of the Triangles
  2. (obsolete, slang) A night cart.

Noun (4)

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. Synonym of dilly net
    Synonyms:
    dilly net

See all 8 meanings of dilly

Questions about dillies

What is dillies the plural of?
Dillies is the plural of dilly.

Words near dillies in the dictionary

  1. dilli
  2. dilli bag
  3. dilli bags
  4. DILLIC
  5. dillier
  6. dillies
  7. dilliest
  8. DILLIGAFF
  9. dilligent
  10. dilligrout
  11. dilling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dillies (page history and authors); dilly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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