shan dilly noun a prostitute; a woman thought to be dissolute ‘Poor lassie, but mebbe she is a shan dilly.’ ‘Away!’ I answered her. ‘If she was a shan dilly she would not need to be hungry or want other things.’ 20-. Compare shan goorie etymology: Cant shan ‘bad’ + dilly ‘a girl’; attested by JS, ET and BW |