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Definition of Nellies
1. nelly [n] - See also: nelly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nellies
Literary usage of Nellies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unconventional: A Novel by Thomas Sutton (1866)
"TWO nellies. THE next morning, when the returned emigrant joined the party at
breakfast in the ... nellies."
2. The Voyage of the "Scotia": Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in by Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, Robert Cockburn Mossman, James Hunter Harvey Pirie, William Speirs Bruce (1906)
"The giant petrels or nellies are probably the worst offenders : if not so numerous
they are larger, and certainly more rapacious, than the others. ..."
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