plural dillies
: one that is remarkable or outstanding
had a dilly of a storm
for a practical joke, that was a dilly
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Examples of dilly in a Sentence
came up with a dilly of an idea to get the fledgling company off the ground
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Houston Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2019
Houston Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2019
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“Dilly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dilly. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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