nelly
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- Regno Unito//nɛli//
A person's life.
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gergoA person's life.
Etimologia
Shortened from Nelly Duff, for puff, i.e. breath of life.
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gergoAn effeminate homosexual man.
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gergoA silly person.
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A giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli.
Etimologia
From the woman's name Nelly.
aggettivo
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gergoUnmanly; effeminate.
From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.
Some of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.
Forme
- plurale
- nellies
- comparativo
- nellier
- superlativo
- nelliest