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Tilly

[til-ee]

noun

  1. Count Johan Tserclaes von 1559–1632, German general in the Thirty Years' War.

  2. Also Tillie. a female given name, form of Matilda.



Tilly

/ ˈtɪlɪ /

noun

  1. Count Johan Tserclaes von (joˈhɑn tsɛrˈklas fɔn). 1559–1632, Flemish soldier, who commanded the army of The Catholic League (1618–32) and the imperial forces (1630–32) in the Thirty Years' War

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“I remember seeing Tiffany, played by Jennifer Tilly, and thinking she looked so pretty. I thought, ‘I want to be like that when I grow up.’

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Another option for managing AGI is moving assets from taxable money-market accounts to lower-yielding but tax-exempt municipal bonds, said Andy Whitehair of accounting firm Baker Tilly.

But Joyce “Tilly” Mitchell of “Escape at Dannemora” and the version of Dee Dee Blanchard that Arquette presents in “The Act” are obviously damaged and emotionally desperate.

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"The situation is completely stuck. It's very, very, very frustrating," said Tilly Metz, a Green EU lawmaker from Luxembourg who sponsored the bill.

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Unions, including SAG-AFTRA — whose members were already alarmed over the recent appearance of a fake, AI-generated composite named Tilly Norwood — also expressed alarm.

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