/dil"ee/ , n. , pl. dillies . Informal.
something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.: a dilly of a movie.
[ 1930-35; Amer.; earlier as adj.: wonderful, appar. a shortening of DELIGHTFUL or DELICIOUS, with -Y 1 (now taken as -Y 2 ) ]
/dil"ee/ , n. , pl. dillies . Informal.
something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.: a dilly of a movie.
[ 1930-35; Amer.; earlier as adj.: wonderful, appar. a shortening of DELIGHTFUL or DELICIOUS, with -Y 1 (now taken as -Y 2 ) ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012