pally
see also: Pally
Pronunciation
Pally
Noun
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see also: Pally
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈpali/
pally (comparative pallier, superlative palliest)
- Like a pal; friendly.
- 1929, Basil Woon, From Deauville to Monte Carlo, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RLtBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22palliest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pallier%22&dq=%22palliest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pallier%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F6HMT875HMLzmAW3vvzuDg&redir_esc=y page 157],
- The O′Briens are the palliest of pals with the Prince of Wales and when HRH is in Biarritz he and Jay are inseparable.
- 1942, Seán O'Faoláin, Peadar O'Donnell, The Bell, Volume 5, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8-svAAAAMAAJ&q=%22palliest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pallier%22&dq=%22palliest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pallier%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F6HMT875HMLzmAW3vvzuDg&redir_esc=y page 157],
- Words are the friendliest and palliest things I know.
- 1987, Alan Sillitoe, Every Day of the Week: An Alan Sillitoe Reader, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KPoNAAAAIAAJ&q=%22palliest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pallier%22&dq=%22palliest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pallier%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F6HMT875HMLzmAW3vvzuDg&redir_esc=y page 30],
- […] he was a champion boozer and the palliest bloke in the pub.
- 2006, Vidar Helgesen, Erik Solheim, The Straight Talkers, Harriet Martin (editor), Kofi Atta Annan (foreword), Kings of Peace, Pawns of War: The Untold Story of Peace-Making, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kSZ5MsHDPGMC&pg=PA112&dq=%22more|most+pally%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pally%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qpzMT4euLs-eiAeu6PS0Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20pally%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22pally%22&f=false page 112],
- And with each round the two negotiating teams got more and more pally. ‘By the sixth round we were having Jacuzzis together!’
- 2010, Donald Munro, Diaries of a Stretcher-Bearer 1916-1918, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Lilzq4TdYmkC&pg=PA100&dq=%22more|most+pally%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pally%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qpzMT4euLs-eiAeu6PS0Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20pally%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22pally%22&f=false page 100],
- When there were Australian officers everyone was more pally and sociable which made it easier for the lady in charge to entertain the party.
- 2011, David Rowley, Erections in the Far East, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NXWeIX0eUVoC&pg=PA19&dq=%22more|most+pally%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pally%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qpzMT4euLs-eiAeu6PS0Bg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22more|most%20pally%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22pally%22&f=false page 19],
- The chap I′m most pally with is Fright who is nearly sixty now but still climbs like a youngster.
- 1929, Basil Woon, From Deauville to Monte Carlo, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RLtBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22palliest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pallier%22&dq=%22palliest%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pallier%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F6HMT875HMLzmAW3vvzuDg&redir_esc=y page 157],
pally (plural pallies)
- (US) An affectionate term of address.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 164:
- ‘Sit here, pally.’ He pushed me down.
- 1951, Cue: The Weekly Magazine of New York Life, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KTsvAQAAIAAJ&q=%22pally%22|%22pallies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pally%22&dq=%22pally%22|%22pallies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pally%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wYbMT--4H4eUiAfn-tSuBg&redir_esc=y page M-77],
- Well, a lot of water has flown under the bridges since then, pally, and while I have been laying off lately, I′m still the same old Joey, which is more than I can say for that O′Hara creep.
- 1968, Alex La Guma, Tattoo Marks and Nails, A Walk in the Night: And Other Stories, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=I36LKu9oTQMC&pg=PA95&dq=%22pally%22|%22pallies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pally%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2IvMT7atO82ciAeAs-DIBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22pally%22|%22pallies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22pally%22&f=false page 95],
- Ahmed the Turk grinned. “You call this hot, chommy? Pally, we used to take slices off the heat, put them on our biscuits and make toast.”
- 1993, Roger Kahn, The Era: 1947-1957, When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Pm0TAQAAIAAJ&q=%22pally%22|%22pallies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pally%22&dq=%22pally%22|%22pallies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22pally%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2IvMT7atO82ciAeAs-DIBg&redir_esc=y page 342],
- As the Giants moved West, most accpted Horace Stoneham′s apologia: “I can′t stay where I am, pally. If I don′t move the team I go bankrupt. Except for Chub [Feeney], all my relatives would starve.”
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 164:
- (US, Australia) A slightly derogatory and insulting term of address.
- What do you think you are doing, pally?
pally (plural pallies)
- (slang, fantasy RPG) A paladin.
Pally
Noun
pally (plural Pallies)
- (colloquial) A Palestinian.
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