Associations to the word «Nelly»

Wiktionary

NELLY, noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) Life.
NELLY, noun. (derogatory) (slang) An effeminate homosexual man.
NELLY, noun. (British) (slang) A silly person.
NELLY, noun. A common name for the giant petrels, Macronectes giganteus and Macronectes halli
NELLY, adjective. (slang) Unmanly, effeminate.
NELLY, proper noun. A spelling variant of Nellie, a diminutive of the female given names Eleanor and Helen.
NELLY, proper noun. One of the Frazier Islands where nellies breed.

Wise words

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