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tillie vallie

tillie vallie is the alternative form of tilly-vally.

Meaning of tilly-vally

Interjection

  1. (obsolete) Expressing contempt, or rejecting anything trifling or impertinent.
    • Sir Toby Belch: My lady's a Cataian, we are politicians, Malvolio's
      a Peg-a-Ramsey, and 'Three merry men be we.' Am not
      I consanguineous? am I not of her blood?
      Tillyvally. Lady!c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about tillie vallie

What is tillie vallie the alternative form of?
Tillie vallie is the alternative form of tilly-vally.

Words near tillie vallie in the dictionary

  1. Tillichian
  2. Tillicoultry
  3. Tillie
  4. Tillie and Mac book
  5. Tillie and Mac books
  6. tillie vallie
  7. tillies
  8. Tillietudlem
  9. Tilligerry Creek
  10. tilling
  11. Tillingham

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