tilly-vally

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  1. An interjection, equivalent to nonsense! bosh! She [his wife] used to say afterwards Tillie vallie, tillie vallie, what will you do, Mr. More?—will you sit and make goslings in the ashes? Sir T. More's Utopia, Int., p. xv. Tilly-fally, Sir John, ne'er tell me; your ancient swaggerer comes not in my doors. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 90.

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  1. Also (Scots) tillie-vallie, tillie-wallie, and formerly tilly-fally; origin obscure.
 

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