dillion en · NOUN
Etymology
See -illion.
Meanings
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(excessive, slang) An unspecified large number (of).
He'd been sitting in the car for a dillion years waiting for his mother to find her glasses.
2012, Gretel Killeen, My Sister's a Yo-Yo:You have like a dillion books here, probably nobody would have even looked at it.
2014, Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land:'The human bean,' the Giant went on, 'is coming in dillions of different flavours. […]
1982, Roald Dahl, The BFG:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dillions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |