killer-diller
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Killer Diller — Infobox Film name = Killer Diller caption = Promotional movie poster for the film director = Tricia Brock producer = writer = Clyde Edgerton (novel) Tricia Brock (screenplay) narrator = starring = William Lee Scott Lucas Black Fred Willard W.… … Wikipedia
killer-diller — n, adj (something) superlative. Killer diller was an Americanism of the 1940s which was briefly in vogue in Britain in the late 1950s among teddy boys and bohemi ans. Killer was a popular teenage term in the USA, particularly among black youth in … Contemporary slang
killer-diller — |kilə(r)|dilə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: reduplication of killer slang : something highly and usually factitiously sensational of its kind plot hocus pocus and killer diller battles between good and evil Jean Garrigue … Useful english dictionary
killer-diller — n. an excellent thing or person. □ She is just a real killer diller. □ This story is a real killer diller … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Killer Diller (1948 film) — Infobox Film name = Killer Diller image size = caption = director = Josh Binney producer = E. M. Glucksman writer = Hal Seeger starring = Dusty Fletcher George Wiltshire Butterfly McQueen Four Congaroos music = King Cole Trio Andy Kirk and his… … Wikipedia
killer diller — Synonyms and related words: ace, beaut, corker, crackerjack, daisy, dandy, darb, dilly, dream, honey, humdinger, knockout, lollapaloosa, lulu, peach, pip, pippin, sweetheart, the nuts, whiz … Moby Thesaurus
killer diller — /kɪlə ˈdɪlə/ (say kiluh diluh) noun Colloquial someone who is sensational or attention getting in appearance or behaviour …
Diller — has several uses including: Diller, Nebraska Barry Diller Burgoyne Diller Dwight Diller Phyllis Diller, an American comedienne Killer Diller, a 2004 drama film Killer Diller (1948 film), a musical film Na aman Diller, renowned Israeli master… … Wikipedia
killer — (n.) late 15c., agent noun from KILL (Cf. kill) (v.). But a surname, Ric[hard] Le Kyller is attested from 1288. Figurative use from 1550s. Meaning impressive person or thing is by 1900 (as an adjective, 1979); reduplicated form killer diller… … Etymology dictionary
killer dill|er — «DIHL uhr», Slang. something or somene unusual or outstanding: »There is no doubt that the job of being Mayor is a killer diller (New York Times). ╂[varied reduplication of killer] … Useful english dictionary
