Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cocker; indulge.
- Same as
waly .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
diminutive of the malegiven names Walter andWallace .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid
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Examples
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Also tell Jasper that cousin Wally is doing all the "yarn tricks" he told him to do.
Clogging 2005
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Out here in flyover country the local Wally is about our only option other than a long drive.
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Around the corner, Mark's brother Wally is helping his wife fold the washing, his pregnant teenage daughter, Natalie, sitting on the floor, feeding her baby mashed potato and gravy, one eye on Midsomer Murders, another on the window to the overcast streets outside.
Britain's not working Amelia Gentleman 2010
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Right after the election I was in Wally World and there wasn't a single .270 win cartridge on the shelf, or much any other ammo either.
Ammo Shortage? 2009
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Wally is still more entertaining on his own. i hope they can get a spier-man vibe and not like fantastic four.
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Right after the election I was in Wally World and there wasn't a single .270 win cartridge on the shelf, or much any other ammo either.
Ammo Shortage? 2009
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Out here in flyover country the local Wally is about our only option other than a long drive.
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In the originals, Wally is at the Olympic Games, or a rock concert, or somewhere interesting.
George Osborne speech reveals absence of smackeroonies Simon Hoggart 2010
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So I don't do a lot of shopping in Wally World any more.
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Yeah, Wally is getting out of the firearm industry ... and then you woke up and punched my name for a reality check.
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