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Definition of Dilly
1. n. A kind of stagecoach.
Definition of Dilly
1. Adjective. redolent of dill (the spice) ¹
2. Noun. Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. ¹
3. Noun. (dated) A kind of stagecoach. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dilly
1. something remarkable [n DILLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilly
Literary usage of Dilly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1874)
"dilly-dally-dilly! Oh! she is very slow: She drags her feet Along the ...
dilly-dally-dilly! How can you be so slow? Why don't you try To be more spry, ..."
2. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1868)
"But before he went he handed dilly the handle of a jack-knife, ... When dilly
went into the house, she could not find her father or mother, or anybody else. ..."
3. Poems by Grades: Containing Poems Selected for Each Grade of the School by Charles Benajah Gilbert (1907)
"Daffy-Down-dilly had heard under ground The sweet rushing sound Of the streams,
as they burst off their white winter chains; Of the whistling spring winds, ..."
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