Entry · catalog no. 1077
trilly
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verb · northeast ·
✓ Verified
1.
To leave, to head out, to make one's exit.
“It's getting late — I guess I'll trilly.”
Origin & Attribution
Recorded in Cab Calloway's "Hepster's Dictionary" (1938), the first dictionary published by an African American, which set down the jive vocabulary of Harlem's swing musicians.
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide / diaspora
northeast ·
Spoken by
$TRILLYThe Record · cultural traction
▲ 26 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
60/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
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Citations & Sources
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+ Cite a sourceCab Calloway, "Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dictionary: Language of Jive" — dictionary · 1938
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