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Tilbury

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town and port in Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ639761). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A community, formerly a town, in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A small open two-wheeled carriage. historical

    "Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky."

  2. 2
    Sixpence (formerly the fare from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort). obsolete, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Tilbury (“surname of the inventor”).

Etymology 2

From the Old English personal name Tila + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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