milly

See also: Milly

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Influenced by -y. Compare mil.

Numeral

milly (plural millies)

  1. (slang) Clipping of million.
    • 1934, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 206, Philadelphia, Pa.: Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 121, column 1:
      The betting on my dog’s light, which is O. K. by me, since it means a juicy dividend on the few millies I sprinkle on her nose, if ——
    • 2020 September 25, Rachel Thompson, “Sir David Attenborough breaks Jennifer Aniston’s Instagram record”, in Mashable‎[1]:
      Sir David Attenborough has broken the record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram, reaching the milestone in just over four hours, according to the Guinness World Records. ¶ That means the 94-year-old naturalist has surpassed the previous record set by Aniston, who reached the one milly mark in five hours and 16 minutes.
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