Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
Australia
Knowledgeable and professional
Native in: English 
, Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Dutch to Italian, Portuguese to Italian, and 5 more.
pilly
Non sembra esistere in nessun dizionario. Non ho capito se è un'invenzione di chi scrive??
| 3 +4 | sfilacciato |
Laura Gentili
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| 4 | Philadelphia |
Paola Dentifrigi
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| 3 | squallido |
Daniela Zambrini
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| 1 | could it be "pily"? |
Ivana UK
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Sep 25, 2005 19:13: Daniela Zambrini changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
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Proposed translations
Italy
problem solving, proactive approach
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Hebrew to Italian
sfilacciato
Nel caso specifico bisognerà forse girare la frase: è esterrefatta dai prezzi dei capi sfilacciati di *....
Oppure:
è esterrefatta dai prezzi che * (il re dello sfilacciato)...
Ecco un paio di occorrenze di "pilly":
One of her way-too-small-for-her-anymore mittens falls from a pocket when she was moving to shut off the stereo. She picks it up- they were supposed to be Santa Heads, the mittens, store-bought acrylic, stretched all out of shape and all pilly from years and years and she loved that- she shoves the mitten back into her coat, grabs her bag off a chair, offs the stereo and the overhead light, making sure to close her eyes first so she would get used to the dark faster-tho, really, it doesn't help to do this, she knew, it was just one of those useless tricks from childhood-like thinking if you pulled the covers over your head, they couldn't get you because you couldn’t see them-then always realizing they could still see you.
Monday 11 January 96 lbs., 211 cigarettes, absolutely nothing cheery or charming in putrid British post
Forgot how much I missed the old sod. Jump into Galliano suit and nip round to Harvey Nicks. Suddenly realize cerise and buttercup look garish in soft, misty British light. Return to flat. Pull on shapeless pilly sweater, woolly tights. Pick up soggy chips at Wimpy bar. Set off for castle.
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Daniela Zambrini
: ecco! sfilacciato..riuscivo solo a pensare alla sensazione e non trovavo l'aggettivo giusto! Brava! :-)
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Alfredo Tutino
11 mins
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giogi
: esattamente come i maglioni che rimprovero a mia figlia!
11 hrs
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Paola Grassi
: sì, sfilacciati, anche perchè poi grubby starebbe per bucato (pieno di buchi)
13 hrs
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could it be "pily"?
If they're talking about clothing companies it's a possibility ...
(Taken from Hyperdictionary - a dictionary of slang terms)
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dict-e
Italy
Handling words with care since 1998
Native in: English , Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
squallido
PILLING
Caratteristica tendenza dei manufatti tessili a formare palline, groppetti e bottoni costituiti dalla peluria che si stacca per l'usura e lo strofinio.
http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?p=6706#post670...
Pilly fleece is usually the result of one of three things: dyebath water that is too hot, material that is over-worked in the dyebath, or machine drying.
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Note added at 35 mins (2005-09-25 18:23:27 GMT)
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non mi viene in mente un altro aggettivo al posto di squallido che forse è un po' troppo "forte". Se il linguaggio è informale potresti usare "ammuffito"
Italy
*A rare combination*
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Polish to Italian, and 2 more.
Philadelphia
Visti che è maiuscolo...
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Note added at 46 mins (2005-09-25 18:34:46 GMT)
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OK, ho scritto coi piedi ;-)
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Note added at 48 mins (2005-09-25 18:36:17 GMT)
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In genere è Philly, ma ho visto anche Pilly, aspetta che controllo...
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Note added at 56 mins (2005-09-25 18:45:14 GMT)
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Dal rapido giro che ho fatto in rete credo che Pilly sia un errore molto comune per "Philly". Guarda qui ad es. (cerca i due):
http://www.geocities.com/dqbuff/bitofearth.html
Se metti su Google Pilly, Philly e Philadelphia puoi vedere che succede ;-)
Magari non c'entra nulla, ma appena ho letto "Pilly" mi è venuto a mente Franzen e un libro della Tyler e quindi Philadelphia.
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