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tilburies

tilburies is the plural of tilbury.

Meaning of tilbury

Noun

tilbury (plural tilburies)

  1. (historical) A small open two-wheeled carriage.
    • Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.1829, Augustus Bozzi Granville, St. Petersburgh, a journal of travels to and from that capital
  2. (obsolete, slang) Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort).

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Questions about tilburies

What is tilburies the plural of?
Tilburies is the plural of tilbury.

Words near tilburies in the dictionary

  1. tilawa
  2. Tilba Tilba
  3. Tilbrook
  4. tilbroquinol
  5. Tilburg
  6. tilburies
  7. tilbury
  8. Tilburys
  9. Tilbuster
  10. Tilby
  11. Tilbys

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