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Dally

//ˈdæli// name, noun, verb, slang

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Noun

1
Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
"What matters is now if he tied hard and fast, / Or tumbled his steer with a dally."
2
Alternative form of dolly (“offering of fruit or flowers”). India, alt-of, alternative
"We have known Mazagon and long-pod Beans to be thrown out of a dally, because they were full of seed!"
3
A New Zealand person of Croatian or other Balkan descent. New-Zealand, colloquial
"The New Zealand wine industry and those who consume the wine it produces owe a huge debt of gratitude to the "Dallies" – the Croatians, and others from that part of eastern Europe who came here in the early 1900s and brought with them a passion for growing, making and drinking wine."

Verb

1
To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
"I wish, grave governor, 'twere in my power / To favour you; but 'tis my father's cause, / Wherein I may not, nay, I dare not dally."
2
To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
"The end of the top rope he dallied around the gooseneck trailer hitch."
3
consider not very seriously wordnet
4
To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet ambitransitive
"Not dallying with a Brace of Curtizans,"
5
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions wordnet

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Etymology 1

From Middle English dalien, from Anglo-Norman delaier. Doublet of delay.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

Contraction of "Dalmatian Coast", from where many Croatian emigrants originated. Also spelt "Dallie"

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