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Tillys

Tillys is the plural of Tilly.

Meaning of Tilly

Proper noun (1)

Tilly (plural Tillys)

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Matilda.
    • Tilly's name is Matilda. It was typical of Mum and Dad that they wouldn't let her be called Tilly when she came to them because that was the unusual shortening of Matilda, the unconventional one, and you never did unconventional things, you never did things to draw attention to yourself. So they...1990, Barbara Vine, Gallowglass, Curley Pub, published 1991, →ISBN, page 24
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun (2)

Tilly (countable and uncountable, plural Tillys)

  1. A number of places in France.
  2. A surname from Old French.
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Questions about Tillys

What is Tillys the plural of?
Tillys is the plural of Tilly.

Words near Tillys in the dictionary

  1. Tilly bones
  2. tilly-fally
  3. tilly-vally
  4. Tillyfourie
  5. Tillynaught
  6. Tillys
  7. tilma
  8. tilmacoxib
  9. Tilmanstone
  10. tilmas
  11. tilmatli

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