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pilly

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Definitions

  1. Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).

Word origin

From pill + -y. In some cases, pill is a clipping of a longer word.

Used in a sentence

  • After many washings, my favorite sweater is faded and pilly.
  • I gave the superintendent a deposit and I got a room on the third floor with a bed that had sheets and a pilly blanket and a pillow so flat you had to fold it over to rest your head on it.
  • One was a young woman with stringy brown hair, a pilly black sweater and fabulous boots of parti-coloured suede.

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