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dl

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. deciliter; deciliters.


DL 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Baseball, Older Use. disabled list.

  2. Slang. down-low (used in the idiomon the down-low ).

    Nate told me on the DL what happened, so I’m not saying a word without his OK.

  3. diesel.


D/L 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. demand loan.


dl British  

symbol

  1. decilitre(s)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Masters world squat record, open world bench record, masters world dl record, and masters world total record! Still processing …”

From Washington Post • May 16, 2019

Cunard's Mauretania, commissioned in 1907, is still the fastest British ship but her old records have been broken by Germany's Bremen and Europa, Italy's Conte dl Savoia and Rex.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dj, as in edge; djd, hedg'd; dl, bridle; dld, riddl'd; dlst, handl'st; dlz, bundles; dn, hard'n; dr, drove; dth, width; dths, breadths; dz, odds.

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.

Hagen”, afgedrukt bij De Jonge a. w., dl.

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Medegedeeld door Tiele, Bijdragen 1887, 5e R., dl.

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