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dilly nets

dilly nets is the plural of dilly net.

Meaning of dilly net

Noun

dilly net (plural dilly nets)

  1. (Australia) A simple, collapsible trap consisting of a circular net stretched across metal or plastic hoops, used for catching crabs.
    • Dilly nets deposited, out we went into Deception Bay, threw the anchor in near a sandbank and got amongst the fish.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 75
    Synonyms:
    dilly

Questions about dilly nets

What is dilly nets the plural of?
Dilly nets is the plural of dilly net.

Words near dilly nets in the dictionary

  1. dilly dallied
  2. dilly dallies
  3. dilly dally
  4. dilly dallying
  5. dilly net
  6. dilly nets
  7. dilly-dallied
  8. dilly-dallier
  9. dilly-dalliers
  10. dilly-dallies
  11. dilly-dally

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