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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who shilly-shallies; an irresolute person.
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O'Connor, you may recall, was nominated to fill a vacancy left by Potter Stewart no relation to this blogger, a conservative shilly-shallier who first voted against the right to privacy and then changed his mind to vote for Roe and against the censorship of pornography.
Archive 2009-05-01 Tenured Radical 2009
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O'Connor, you may recall, was nominated to fill a vacancy left by Potter Stewart no relation to this blogger, a conservative shilly-shallier who first voted against the right to privacy and then changed his mind to vote for Roe and against the censorship of pornography.
It's a Girl! A Recent And Partial History of the Nomination of Women To The Supreme Court Tenured Radical 2009
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