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dillings

dillings is the plural of dilling.

Meaning of dilling

Noun

dilling (plural dillings)

  1. (obsolete) A darling or favourite.
    • To make up the match with my eldest daughter, my wife's dilling, whom she longs to call madam.1605, George Chapman, Ben Jonson, John Marston, Eastward Hoe
  2. (obsolete) The youngest child.
    Synonyms:
    baby
  3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The runt of a litter.

Questions about dillings

What is dillings the plural of?
Dillings is the plural of dilling.

Words near dillings in the dictionary

  1. dilling
  2. Dillinger
  3. Dillingers
  4. Dillingham
  5. Dillinghams
  6. dillings
  7. dillio
  8. dillion
  9. dillions
  10. dillis
  11. dillisk

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