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bally
1[ bal-ee ]
adjective
, British Slang.
- damned (euphemism for bloody ).
Bally
2[ bah-lee ]
noun
- a city in SW West Bengal, in E India, NW of Kolkata.
bally
1/ ˈbælɪ /
bally
2/ ˈbælɪ /
noun
- dialect.a thumb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bally1
First recorded in 1840–50; by alteration
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Example Sentences
He's a bally millionaire also, and he used to have a good many dealings with the firm.
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If we can't do that, we shall have to wait till the bally clockwork runs down.
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Yes, it's all right; but you needn't rave about it like a bally poet.
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Then tell me what I've spent on my bally old stomach—on food.
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I am not quite prepared,' he said, 'to hand over this country to a lot of bally half-breeds and bloody savages.'
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