Meaning of Wally | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.
2. The trophy awarded to winners of an NHRA national event (named after founder Wally Parks).
3. A fool.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
4. A large pickled gherkin or cucumber.
   Essex, London, colloquial

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Examples

“"'Mr. Szalla' is my eighty-two-year-old father, Nikki. Please⟳ call⟳ me 'Wally'." "Well. 'Wally'." I felt my face⟳ burn pleasantly. "Wally" was such a comfortable old-shoe kind of name⟳.”

“'Don't be such a wally,' Ruby said. 'Felicity is way smarter than you could ever hope⟳ to be.'”

“Mushy peas (£1.40) are ... mushy, and wallies (45p) – pickled gherkins to you – come⟳ sliced and prettily served in the shape⟳ of a flower.”

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