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- noun Alternative spelling of
shilly-shallying .
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Examples
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That would show Joyful he had to stop shillyshallying.
City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007
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That would show Joyful he had to stop shillyshallying.
City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007
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They were accused of the grievous crime of ‘shillyshallying,’ which being interpreted means doing everything you possibly can before you shoot.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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They were accused of the grievous crime of ‘shillyshallying,’ which being interpreted means doing everything you possibly can before you shoot.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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They were accused of the grievous crime of ‘shillyshallying,’ which being interpreted means doing everything you possibly can before you shoot.
MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003
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There was no point in shillyshallying; she might as well get the whole thing over and done with.
Unwanted Wedding Jordan, Penny 1995
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In the end I did ring Flora but even after she'd answered I was still shillyshallying.
PROOF Francis, Dick 1984
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He was fairly strong at the end of the last session, but went off lamentably on account of his wavering and shillyshallying on so many matters during his speaking trip.
Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Harold Howland
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Simply cant understand how I ever came to have a pair of shillyshallying children like Rone and Ted.
Chapter 1 1922
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Simply can't understand how I ever came to have a pair of shillyshallying children like Rone and Ted.
Babbitt 1922
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