See Also: lilly-pilly(medicine)
lilly-pilly(dictionary)
peltry(medicine)
peltry(1)(dictionary)
peltry(2)(dictionary)
Eli Lilly and Co(finance)
Lilly, John(medicine)

peltry(2) (iou) and lilly-pilly (iou)


peltry(2) (iou)



peltry noun2 & adjective. M16.
[App. var. of PALTRY noun & adjective. Cf. PELT noun3.]
A. noun. (A piece of) rubbish; a worthless thing. Chiefly Scot. M16-M19.
b. adjective. Rubbishy; worthless. Scot. L16.

lilly-pilly (iou)



lilly-pilly noun. Also lilli-pilli. M19.
[Origin unkn.]
An Australian evergreen tree, Acmena smithii, of the myrtle family, with edible purplish to white berries; the timber or the fruit of this tree.