came up with a dilly of an idea to get the fledgling company off the ground
Recent Examples on the WebPick-a-dilly Craft Fair St. Peter’s United Methodist Church, 20775 Kingsland Blvd.—Houston Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2019
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Word History
Etymology
obsolete dilly, adjective, delightful, perhaps by shortening & alteration from delightful
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