wally

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English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Noun

wally (plural wallies)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool.
    • 2014, Richard Newsome, The House of Puzzles, page 111:
      'Don't be such a wally,' Ruby said. 'Felicity is way smarter than you could ever hope to be.'
  2. (colloquial, London and Essex) A large pickled gherkin or cucumber.
    • 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 215:
      Mushy peas (£1.40) are ... mushy, and wallies (45p) – pickled gherkins to you – come sliced and prettily served in the shape of a flower.

Etymology 2

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Adjective

wally (not comparable)

  1. (Of eyes) unusually pale; misaligned, sideways-looking, affected by strabismus.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia‎, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 179:
      […] one of his eyes was wally, a condition common among the natives of the land. (Here the first meaning is intended, as indicated later in the text:) […] turned his one black eye on the kindly man […] (p. 183)
    • 2007, www.urbandictionary.com,
      You are freaking me out with your wally eye. One of your eyes is doing its own thing.

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Etymology 3

Verb

wally

  1. (colloquial, obsolete, Essex) Alternative pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value
    • 1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes:
      Let them that wallys the sheep watch 'em.

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