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- noun UK, slang  A fool .
- noun colloquial, London and Essex  A pickled largegherkin orcucumber .
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Examples
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								Ammo, has dried up, and when you find it, the price is sky high, price was up $5 to $22 for 100 rd whitebox winchester in wally world in July 08. Ammo Shortage? 2009 
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								Wally has a wider selection, but i get my gear at Cabelas or bass pro, wally is just too cheesy, its made to break. 
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								Ammo, has dried up, and when you find it, the price is sky high, price was up $5 to $22 for 100 rd whitebox winchester in wally world in July 08. Ammo Shortage? 2009 
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								Wally has a wider selection, but i get my gear at Cabelas or bass pro, wally is just too cheesy, its made to break. 
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								I think wally is a 12 year old. seems to think and respond like one. Think Progress » Lynne Cheney Unhinged: Insists Her Husband Never Connected Saddam to 9/11 2005 
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								Wally "gotta love the name wally" Whitehurst (1964) MetsBlog.com 2009 
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								#50, wally is ned. you never see wally around when ned is here. nor do you see aphrodykie when wally is around. Think Progress » Indictment Dissected: A Campaign Against Wilson 2005 
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								i love jaosn bateman so thats no dought that i will be seeing this in the theater as soon as i can!!!!! but besudes that it does look like a good/funny/romantic comedy that i would proble see no matter who was in it but picking jason bateman for the part of wally is just fantastick: D The Switch Movie Trailer: An Artificial Insemination Romantic Comedy | /Film 2010 
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								I also love the Englishness of it - in amongst the normal hip-hop slang, there's things like "wally", "blimey" and references to Kriss Akabusi. Word Magazine - Comments daveross 2010 
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								I also love the Englishness of it - in amongst the normal hip-hop slang, there's things like "wally", "blimey" and references to Kriss Akabusi. Word Magazine - Comments daveross 2010 
zanshin commented on the word wally
As in, what a wally
December 12, 2006 
			
		
	
misterpolly commented on the word wally
Said to be the diminutive of Walter - though I've no idea who the poor Walter was. I have a delightful children's book called "Where's Wally?" full of very busy pictures where you have to find a little Wally.
December 27, 2007