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ˈdilly-bag Australia.
Also simply dilli, dilly.
[dilli native name in Queensland.]
a. An Australian native-made bag or basket, plaited of rushes or bark. Hence dillyful.
1847Leichhardt Jrnl. iii. 90 In their ‘dillis’ (small baskets) were several roots or tubers. Ibid. 91 Dillis neatly worked of Koorajone bark. 1885Mrs. C. Praed Australian Life 34, I learned too at the camp to plait dilly-bags. 1889― Romance of Station 75 A fresh dillyful of live crabs. 1890Boldrewood Colonial Reformer xvii. 210 May-boy came forward dangling a small dilly-bag. 1893Mrs. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker I. 103 The dilly-bag, which had been plaited by the gins, smelled atrociously.
b. Austral. colloq. Any small bag in which articles are carried.
1934Bulletin (Sydney) 5 Dec. 48/1 He had seen young Willie leave the farmhouse carrying the tea and a dilly-bag of cakes. 1937Partridge Dict. Slang 221/1 Dilly-bag, a wallet; a civilian haversack... In C. 20, often used by women for a small shopping-bag or for a general-utility purse-bag. |