Meaning of peely-wally | Babel Free
ˈpiliˌwaliExamples
“‘Are there no English troops out here?’ ‘A few,’ Gilzean said. ‘But they're all sick. Peely-wally lot the English, ye ken.’”
“But I felt that Tommy's championing of the lit de soleil, as it's known in Maryhill, was courageous and condign. It allowed otherwise peely wally Glaswegians to hold⟳ their tanned faces aloft in polite company and let⟳ their neighbours think⟳ they'd been to Santa Ponsa or Majorca.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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