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- noun Plural form of
shilly-shallying .
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Examples
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The Americans have also decided to launch another radio program, a section of "The Voice of America," "Radio Marti," which, after long shilly-shallyings on
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After some years and some very unmanly shilly-shallyings, he puts her away, and marries another, with whom (one is feebly glad to find) he is no more lucky, but who has herself the luck to die after some years.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
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She was not troubled by any of the shilly-shallyings of casuistry, her doctrine was like a bar of iron, her faith never wavered, her conscience knew no scruples.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) Boule de Suif and Other Stories Guy de Maupassant 1871
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