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pillery

pillery noun: plunder; pillage.

Noun

pillery

  1. (obsolete) plunder; pillage
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Questions about pillery

What does pillery mean?
Pillery means plunder; pillage.
What part of speech is pillery?
Pillery is a noun.

Words near pillery in the dictionary

  1. pilled up
  2. pilled-up
  3. Pillen
  4. piller
  5. pillers
  6. pillery
  7. Pilles
  8. Pilleth
  9. Pilley
  10. Pilley's Island
  11. Pilleys

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