pally
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English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pally (comparative pallier or more pally, superlative palliest or most pally)
- Like a pal; friendly.
- 1929, Basil Woon, From Deauville to Monte Carlo, page 157:
- The O′Briens are the palliest of pals with the Prince of Wales and when HRH is in Biarritz he and Jay are inseparable.
- 1942, Seán O'Faoláin, Peadar O'Donnell, The Bell, volume 5, page 157:
- Words are the friendliest and palliest things I know.
- 1987, Alan Sillitoe, Every Day of the Week: An Alan Sillitoe Reader, page 30:
- […] he was a champion boozer and the palliest bloke in the pub.
- 2006, Vidar Helgesen, Erik Solheim, The Straight Talkers, Harriet Martin (editor), Kofi Atta Annan (foreword), Kings of Peace, Pawns of War: The Untold Story of Peace-Making, page 112,
- And with each round the two negotiating teams got more and more pally. ‘By the sixth round we were having Jacuzzis together!’
- 2010, Donald Munro, Diaries of a Stretcher-Bearer 1916-1918, page 100:
- When there were Australian officers everyone was more pally and sociable which made it easier for the lady in charge to entertain the party.
- 2011, David Rowley, Erections in the Far East, page 19:
- The chap I′m most pally with is Fright who is nearly sixty now but still climbs like a youngster.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From pal + -y (diminutive ending).
Noun
[edit]pally (plural pallies)
- (US) An affectionate term of address.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 164:
- ‘Sit here, pally.’ He pushed me down.
- 1951, Cue: The Weekly Magazine of New York Life, page M-77:
- Well, a lot of water has flown under the bridges since then, pally, and while I have been laying off lately, I′m still the same old Joey, which is more than I can say for that O′Hara creep.
- 1968, Alex La Guma, Tattoo Marks and Nails: A Walk in the Night: And Other Stories, page 95:
- Ahmed the Turk grinned. “You call this hot, chommy? Pally, we used to take slices off the heat, put them on our biscuits and make toast.”
- 1993, Roger Kahn, The Era: 1947-1957, When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World, page 342:
- As the Giants moved West, most accepted Horace Stoneham′s apologia: “I can′t stay where I am, pally. If I don′t move the team I go bankrupt. Except for Chub [Feeney], all my relatives would starve.”
- (US, Australia) A slightly derogatory and insulting term of address.
- What do you think you are doing, pally?
Etymology 3
[edit]Clipping of paladin + -y (diminutive suffix).
Noun
[edit]pally (plural pallies)
- (slang, fantasy roleplaying games) A paladin.
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