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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish زل (zil).
Noun
zill (plural zills)
- One of a set of small finger cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances.
References
- ^ "zill." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.
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Pronoun
zill
- Alternative form of zil
1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 134