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tilly-fally

tilly-fally 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 tilly-fally

What is tilly-fally the alternative form of?
Tilly-fally is the alternative form of tilly-vally.

Words near tilly-fally in the dictionary

  1. Tillson
  2. Tillsons
  3. tilly
  4. Tilly bone
  5. Tilly bones
  6. tilly-fally
  7. tilly-vally
  8. Tillyfourie
  9. Tillynaught
  10. Tillys
  11. tilma

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