dilly bag
[ dil-ee ]
nounAustralian.
a bag made from reeds, grasses, or hair.
Origin of dilly bag
1First recorded in 1840–50; dilly, from Waga (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Kingaroy, southern Queensland) dila
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How to use dilly bag in a sentence
A crinkled fist, fumbling and twisting, protruded from a rent in a dilapidated dilly-bag.
Tropic Days | E. J. BanfieldSoon after dark on the second night she took to the bush, carrying a dilly-bag and a blanket.
Tropic Days | E. J. BanfieldDilly-bag, dil′i-bag, n. an Australian native-made rush or bark-bag.
British Dictionary definitions for dilly bag
dilly bag
noun
Australian a small bag, esp one made of plaited grass, etc, often used for carrying food: Sometimes shortened to: dilly
Origin of dilly bag
1from native Australian dilly small bag or basket
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