Nils and Nelly walked across the mudflats to Langeoog.
Source: tatoeba (10248401)
Nelly
//ˈnɛli//
Synonyms for "nelly" (3 found)
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Czech
1 entries- buřňák noun (petrel)
German
1 entries- Riesensturmvogel noun (petrel)
Sample sentences
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Nelly Callahan was the only one to see just what happened. Everyone else in camp had gone down the island that day to get a count of the half-wild cattle among the blueberry swamps.
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From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.
Source: wiktionary
Some of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.
Source: wiktionary
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