Meaning

1 senses

  1. Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Time's almost up, why are you still dilly-dallying?

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  2. Dilly-dallying the day away does not an artist make.

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  3. Don't dilly-dally.

    deTrödel nicht! — Yorwba

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  4. You're late! Sheesh, dilly-dally dilly-dally ...

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  5. Let's get going! We have no time to dilly-dally.

    deJetzt aber los! Wir haben keine Zeit Sperenzchen zu machen. — Dejo

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Origin

Possibly from Spanish dale vuelta (“twist it around”) by law of Hobson-Jobson, from dale +

Possibly from Spanish dale vuelta (“twist it around”) by law of Hobson-Jobson, from dale + la + vuelta.

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Forms

plural: dallies
Singulardally
Pluraldallies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
daisyB1daldaledalidaltondamA2
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