dilly vs maverick

dilly

noun
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. 

  • A dilly bag. 

adj
  • Silly; characteristic of a dill. 

  • Redolent of dill (the herb). 

maverick

noun
  • One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. 

  • A person in the military who became an officer by going to college while on active duty as an enlisted person. 

  • Anything dishonestly obtained. 

  • A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. 

  • An unbranded range animal. 

  • One who creates or uses controversial or unconventional ideas or practices. 

adj
  • Showing independence in thoughts or actions. 

  • Unbranded. 

verb
  • To seize without a legal claim. 

  • To take an unbranded range animal. 

How often have the words dilly and maverick occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )