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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

/ ˈɪɪ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Tilly Short, 21, from Cardiff University, champions body positivity but said it was concerning as a lot of teenagers relied on social media for information.

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There is a constant pressure online, Tilly said, and despite trying to adjust the way she interacts with content so it does not appear on her feed, she said it was "almost impossible" to avoid.

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"I washed hundreds of them out and my boy Reg and my little girl Tilly chose the ones they liked."

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Lisa Lappin, from Baker Tilly Mooney Moore, was appointed to liquidate the business.

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His passengers Harry Purcell, 17; Matilda "Tilly" Seccombe, 16; and Frank Wormald, 16, sustained fatal injuries.

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