- nellie
- noun not on your nelly BrE spoken used to tell someone humorously or rudely that you are definitely not going to do something
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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Nellie — Bly Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bly (homonymie). Nellie Bly Elizabeth Jane Cochran, dite Nellie Bly, née dans le Comté d Armstrong (Pe … Wikipédia en Français
Nellie — bezeichnet eine Variante des Namens Nelly Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Nellie (Alabama) Nellie (North Carolina) Nellie (Ohio) Nellie (Oklahoma) Nellie (Pennsylvania) Diese Seite ist eine … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Nellie — Nellie, OH U.S. village in Ohio Population (2000): 134 Housing Units (2000): 104 Land area (2000): 0.710479 sq. miles (1.840133 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.710479 sq. miles (1.840133 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Nellie, OH — U.S. village in Ohio Population (2000): 134 Housing Units (2000): 104 Land area (2000): 0.710479 sq. miles (1.840133 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.710479 sq. miles (1.840133 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Nellie — McClung (pronounced McClue) Canadian novelist and women’s rights champion in the early 1900s … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Nellie — or Nelly [nel′ē] n. a feminine name: see HELEN … English World dictionary
nellie — I. nelly n British 1. an ineffectual, weak, effete or senti mental person. Often given more empha sis by phrases like big soft nellie or great wet nellie . Nellie was used until the late 1940s in the USA and Britain as a humorous or contemptuous… … Contemporary slang
Nellie — /nel ee/, n. 1. a female given name, form of Helen. 2. (l.c.) Slang. a fussily effeminate male. 3. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a male homosexual. Also, Nelly. * * * (as used in expressions) Bly Nellie McClung Nellie Nellie Mooney Melba… … Universalium
Nellie — (as used in expressions) Bly, Nellie McClung, Nellie Nellie Mooney Melba, Dame Nellie … Enciclopedia Universal
Nellie — See: NICE NELLY or NICE NELLIE, NERVOUS NELLIE … Dictionary of American idioms
