pillies

Noun (1)

pilly (plural pillies)

1. (informal) Pill.
   • Billy Willy is a dilly, He took a pilly And turned silly1981, Vardine Moore, The Pleasure of Poetry with and by Children, page 118
2. (informal) A pillhead.
3. (informal) The lilly-pilly.
   • Withdrawing the smaller blade from his belt, Speezer rolled a pilly pod from the tray and sliced it open With his sharp knife.2001, Mark Harris, The Amazing Adventure in Tovia, page 59
4. (informal) Pilchard.
   • When buying pillies look for IQF fish.2007, Paul Worsteling, Jack Crowley, Fishing Western Port, page 18
5. (informal) One who rides pillion.
   • I attended quite a few other social-group events, made new friends, registered with other motorcycle groups as a pillion, and got out on a few rides. I was really enjoying the riding but sometimes felt frustrated if nobody was available to take a 'pilly' out.2021, Tracy-lee Adams, The Dunce

Noun (2)

pilly (plural pillies)

1. (Scotland) pillow
   • Kattie! There's another coming. Another mattress and a pilly. Where can we put him?1873 November 29, “A London Pilgrimage among the Boarding-Houses. V. A Merchant Captain's Roost.”, in Charles Dickens, Jr., editor, All the Year Round, A Weekly Journal (New Series), volume...

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