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Meaning of dilly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈdɪli/

Definitions

  1. A surname from French.
  2. Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
  3. A dilly bag.
    Australia
  4. A kind of stagecoach.
    dated
  5. Synonym of dilly net
  6. A night cart.
    obsolete, slang

Examples

“You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies.”
“Seriously, I mean it: From Russia, With Love is a real wowser, a lulu, a dilly and a smasheroo.”
“So, down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying six insides.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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