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pilly

a. Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).

Usage examples of "pilly".

Em Shannon was wearing what he always wore for the papers, a pilly old tan sweater and gray pants that made him look, from the waist down, like an elephant.

Within the vehicle were seated the fair Octavie and her old friend and neighbor, Judge Pillier, who had come to take her for a morning drive.