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TILLY-VALLY

\tˈɪlivˈali], \tˈɪlivˈali], \t_ˈɪ_l_i_v_ˈa_l_i]\

Definitions of TILLY-VALLY

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1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

til'i-val'i, n. (Shak.) an expression of contempt at what has been said.--Also TILL'IE-VALL'IE.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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