dilly bag

American  

[dil-ee] / ˈdɪl i /

noun

Australian.

1. a bag made from reeds, grasses, or hair.

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dilly bag British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: dilly.  a small bag, esp one made of plaited grass, etc, often used for carrying food

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Etymology

Origin of dilly bag

First recorded in 1840–50; dilly, from Waga (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Kingaroy, southern Queensland) dila

Example Sentences

Christen manages an open-source content-management program called Mukurtu, the word for “dilly bag” in the language of the Warumungu, of central Australia.

From The New Yorker