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Definition of nelly
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1 : giant petrel
2 : sooty albatross
3 or nellie slang, disparaging : an effeminate homosexual
not on your nelly
sometimes capitalized second N perhaps from the phrase not on your Nelly Duff, rhyming slang for British slang puff breath, life British slangBritish slang
: certainly not
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Origin and Etymology of nelly
perhaps from Nelly, nickname for Helen
First Known Use: 1823
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\"\Definition of nelly
slang, disparaging
: conspicuously effeminate
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Origin and Etymology of nelly
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First Known Use: 1966
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