Crossword clues for dilly
The Collaborative International Dictionary
dilly \dil"ly\ (d[i^]l"l[y^]), n. [Contr. fr. diligence.]
A kind of stagecoach. ``The Derby dilly.''
--J. H. Frere.
dilly \dil"ly\ (d[i^]l"l[y^]), n. something remarkable, highly unusual, or exceptionally effective; as, a dilly of a movie; when I make a mistake, it's a dilly.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"delightful or excellent person or thing" (often used ironically), 1935, American English, from an earlier adjective (1909), perhaps from the first syllable of delightful or delicious, or related to the nursery word for "duck." Dilly was also slang for a stagecoach (1818), from French carrosse de diligence (see diligence).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. redolent of dill (the spice) Etymology 2
n. Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. Etymology 3
n. (context dated English) A kind of stagecoach.
Wikipedia
Dilly may refer to:
People- Erin Dilly (born 1972), American actress
- Dilly Knox (1884–1943), British codebreaker and classical scholar at King's College, Cambridge
- Dilly Braimoh (born 1959), an African-British television presenter and producer
- Dilly Hussain (born 1988), English journalist
- Dili, also spelled Díli, the capital and largest city of East Timor.
- Dilly, Mali, a town and commune in Mali
- Dilly, Wisconsin, United States
- Dilly the Duck, a fictional animal character in the British 1984 TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Dilly the Dinosaur, protagonist of a children's book series by Tony Bradman
- " Dilly", a 2011 single by Band of Horses from their 2010 album Infinite Arms
- Derby Dilly, a short-lived 19th century British political faction headed by Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
- Dilly, an alternate name for the Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota)
Dilly Crater is a crater in the Elysium quadrangle of Mars, located at 13.24° North and 202.9° West. It is only 1.3 km in diameter and was named after a town in Mali.
Impact craters generally have a rim with ejecta around them, in contrast volcanic craters usually do not have a rim or ejecta deposits. As craters get larger (greater than 10 km in diameter) they usually have a central peak. The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact.
Wikidilly.jpg|Dilly Crater, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
"Dilly" is the fourth single taken from Band of Horses' third album Infinite Arms. The song peaked #93 on the Belgian Singles chart.
Usage examples of "dilly".
Dilly sitting by the ingle, her hair hanging down, waiting for some weak Trinidad shell cocoa that was in the sootcoated kettle to be done so that she and he could drink it with the oatmealwater for milk after the Friday herrings they had eaten at two a penny with an egg apiece for Maggy, Boody and Katey, the cat meanwhile under the mangle devouring a mess of eggshells and charred fish heads and bones on a square of brown paper, in accordance with the third precept of the church to fast and abstain on the days commanded, it being quarter tense or if not, ember days or something like that.
So will marijuana, magic mushrooms, coca shrubs, dilly beans, pseudopoon, rakka, hebenon, and a host of other recreational narcotic plants.
Two cups of strong coffee and a plate of sugared zeppoles later, Einstein was still waiting for word from Lord Carstairs and starting to develop a dilly of a case of heartburn.
I dined with him this day at the house of my friends, Messieurs Edward and Charles Dilly, booksellers in the Poultry: there were present, their elder brother Mr.
My worthy booksellers and friends, Messieurs Dilly in the Poultry, at whose hospitable and well-covered table I have seen a greater number of literary men, than at any other, except that of Sir Joshua Reynolds, had invited me to meet Mr.
After his success catching Sunfisher, Mackenzie had suggested that he work with Dilly Dan.
Well, it was a good job there were attics up above, although from what he remembered of them when he attended on Dilly they were of no height, and the small windows were set on the floor.
I dined with him this day at the house of my friends, Messieurs Edward and Charles Dilly, booksellers in the Poultry: there were present, their elder brother Mr.
My worthy booksellers and friends, Messieurs Dilly in the Poultry, at whose hospitable and well-covered table I have seen a greater number of literary men, than at any other, except that of Sir Joshua Reynolds, had invited me to meet Mr.
Dilly, the elder brother of my worthy friends, the booksellers, in the Poultry.
The ship crashed, and it must have been one dilly of a crackup, since evidently things were destroyed to the point where they only rescued four books.
Dilly is a very worthy man, has frequently had agreeable parties at his house for Dr. Johnson, and will be vexed if the Doctor neglects him to-day.
Dilly that Dr. Johnson was to come, and no doubt he has made a dinner, and invited a company, and boasted of the honour he expected to have.
Dilly, that I should steal away from Dr. Johnson and him, and try what reception I could procure from Mr.
Toot sweety, abracadabra, double time and don't dilly dally on the way.