different between tills vs tilly

English

Noun

tills

1. plural of till

Verb

tills

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of till

Anagrams

• Still, lilts, still

Swedish

Alternative forms

• tiss, tess

Etymology

Contraction of Old Swedish til þäs. Equivalent to till dess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ls/, (colloquial) /t?s/

Conjunction

tills

1. until (up to the time that)

   Synonym: till dess

Preposition

tills

1. (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) until (up to a certain time)

Usage notes

• The prepositional usage of tills is sometimes proscribed in favour of till given its etymology as a contraction of till dess which cannot be used as a preposition, but as the etymology is not clear to everyone, both usages are generally accepted.

References

• tills in Svensk ordbok (SO)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Etymology 1

From Irish tuilleadh (“more”).

Noun

tilly (plural tillies)

1. (Ireland) An extra product given to a customer at no additional charge; a lagniappe.
   • 1855, Legends of mount Leinster, by Harry Whitney:

     Myles: "Indeed your Honour may safely say so : Iwas ploughing away […] when I bethought how I forgot to tell little Jem, when he'd be buying my pen'orth of snuff, to be sure to get it in two separate ha'porths, the way he'd have the two tillies. So what could Ido but run home, to […] go myself for the snuff, and be sure to get my tillies.

Synonyms

• lagniappe (America), pasella (South Africa)

Etymology 2

From WWII British Army usage Tilly (“name of a range of British Army vehicles”), from utility.

Alternative forms

• Tilly

Noun

tilly (plural tillies)

1. (Britain) A small open-backed truck.
   • 1978, Ada F Kay (A. J. Stewart), Died 1513-born 1929 / King's Memory, page 83:

     After a fortnight's careful nursing my leg healed and I was packed off in a tilly (utility truck) with my kit-bag to join my comrades at Fairmilehead.

   • 1980, Once Upon a Ward: V.A.D.s' Own Stories and Pictures, page 119:

     One night soon after our arrival in Belgium, four of us set off to a dance in a rest centre, behind the lines, for the forces. We drove across a snowy waste in a tilly truck, singing "Lilly Marlene".

Synonyms

• (small truck): ute (Australia)

Etymology 3

From till +? -y.

Adjective

tilly (comparative more tilly, superlative most tilly)

1. Containing till (unsorted glacial sediment).