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nellies

nellies is the plural of nelly.

Meaning of nelly

Noun (1)

nelly (plural nellies)

  1. (Cockney, slang) A person's life.

Noun (2)

nelly (plural nellies)

  1. (derogatory, slang) An effeminate homosexual man.
  2. (UK, slang) A silly person.
  3. A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.

See all 7 meanings of nelly

Phrases with nellies

Questions about nellies

What is nellies the plural of?
Nellies is the plural of nelly.

Words near nellies in the dictionary

  1. Nelken
  2. Nell
  3. Nelle
  4. nellie
  5. nellier
  6. nellies
  7. nelliest
  8. Nelligan
  9. Nelligans
  10. Nelligen
  11. Nellim

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nellies (page history and authors); nelly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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