dilly bag

[ dil-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Australian.

dilly bag

a small bag, esp one made of plaited grass, etc, often used for carrying food Sometimes shortened todilly

First recorded in 1840–50; dilly, from Waga (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Kingaroy, southern Queensland) dila

from native Australian dilly small bag or basket

A crinkled fist, fumbling and twisting, protruded from a rent in a dilapidated dilly-bag.

Soon after dark on the second night she took to the bush, carrying a dilly-bag and a blanket.

Dilly-bag, dil′i-bag, n. an Australian native-made rush or bark-bag.

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[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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