Noun, : a dilly of a movie. From Dictionary.com.
I think you mean it's a "dilly" of an article, rather than a "ditty" of an article. From Wordnik.com. [Is Science Fiction Becoming 'Feminized'?] Reference
Any kind of dilly-dallying, that’s the government. From Wordnik.com. [The Ballot or the Bullet (12 April 1964)] Reference
Is: a dilly bar in the toilet of life (chris ...) 2. From Wordnik.com. [waste of wasting time] Reference
I wish we could both dilly and dally here all the time. From Wordnik.com. [6/21/02 Okay, so I did] Reference
FEINSTEIN: And to dilly-dally could be a tragic mistake. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 29, 2004] Reference
"I missed dinner because I was on the scent of a dilly.". From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
"Above all things don't 'dilly-dally' on the way," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Paula the Waldensian] Reference
I feel like I've been sick a lot lately - what the dilly, yo?. From Wordnik.com. [misspinkkate Diary Entry] Reference
But I have many an assessment to do so I must not dilly dally!. From Wordnik.com. [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference
If they would have started right away, but they dilly-dallied. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Daniel Okun, October 22, 1985. Interview K-0021. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
They unrolled their little swags and took from their dilly bags. From Wordnik.com. [Drovers Dream] Reference
Is all this dilly-dallying all that bad for getting re-elected?. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Takahashi: Simple Solution for Our Fiscal Mess] Reference
So now I have time to dilly-dally online ... or to write a paper. From Wordnik.com. [trinityboy Diary Entry] Reference
These needs should be met without further dilly-dallying or delay. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
This is no day for dilly-dallying and quibbling about 'State rights.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
I ain't gots the time to dilly-dally staring at half-priced zirconia. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day Said the Captain to this fair maid. From Wordnik.com. [The WELL: Jack-a-Roe] Reference
| Reply | Permalink what is the dilly-yo on the commment system lately. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Jackson: Hillary's Speech Made "A Powerful Case" For Her As Veep] Reference
Saturday I dilly dallied around and worked on the computer all afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [2000-04-25 20:30:27] Reference
If you're interested, don't dilly-dally because the coupon expires July 31. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Dorfman: Clip and Save: $1 Million Off] Reference
It is really going to happen, so don't go all dilly-dally and forget about it. From Wordnik.com. [First Day of Spring] Reference
How long is the EU going to dilly dally around with the Oracle purchase? reply. From Wordnik.com. [Sun Microsystems Kills Social Programming Project Zembly] Reference
So, they were kind of putting her through the jumps, you know, dilly-dallying. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Lucy Somerville Howorth, June 20, 22, and 23, 1975. Interview G-0028. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
(I told you this thing was a dilly of a stemwinder of a bedlamite bloviation.). From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Sauer: What Is Resposnsible for Rihanna's Beating? Feminism!] Reference
They always dilly-dally about this and do a little hazing and have a little fun. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Lucy Somerville Howorth, June 20, 22, and 23, 1975. Interview G-0028. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
There was no delay, no dilly-dallying, as there was when kindlings were called for. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
New Rule: Stop dilly-dallying and waffling over sending more troops to Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Conservatives/Republicans Have "New Rules" for President Obama] Reference
So, for future reference, when I holla 'bout the Nooklife you'll know the dilly, yo!. From Wordnik.com. [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference
Unfortunately, I dilly-dallied too long, so we were too late to miss the construction. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Mda told Ecna that the Xhosa house had "dilly-dallied" in sending the skull for DNA testing. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
MS. MYERS: I'm not sure what a dilly is, and I'm not sure how many people were in the meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers] Reference
Years ago, if someone was on the unclassified computer, it was because they were dilly-dallying. From Wordnik.com. [What Bugs Me About Stratcom's Social Network Blockade] Reference
Some U.S. officials are fed up with what they consider European dilly-dallying about Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [John Feffer: Afghanistan: NATO's Graveyard?] Reference
Dally dilly dum, dilly dum dum day So she got up the very next morning, early as the break of day. From Wordnik.com. [The WELL: Jack-a-Roe] Reference
You can't dilly-dally, you can't wait around, you can't wait for the hundredth percentile of information. From Wordnik.com. [Man of the World] Reference
As an awful example of the extent to which this dilly-dallying may be carried, let me introduce the following. From Wordnik.com. [Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story] Reference
You can tell time is running out by latest round of ads, which are aimed squarely at those with no time to dilly-dally. From Wordnik.com. [Last-minute gift ideas for stragglers] Reference
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