dil·ly (d l  )n. pl. dil·lies Slang One that is remarkable or extraordinary, as in size or quality: had a dilly of a fight. [Obsolete dilly, delightful, shortening and alteration of delightful.] |
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| As nobody seemed inclined to respond to this heroic version of "Dilly, Dilly, come and be killed," our late henchman proceeded with his address. " "Yes," cries Western, "but if I had suffered her to stand shill I shall I, dilly dally, you might not have had that honour yet a while; I was forced to use a little fatherly authority to bring her to. This was the story that Horne Fisher told to Harold March, the journalist, many years after, in a little, but luxurious, restaurant near Picca dilly. |
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