wally

Etymology 1

noun

  1. (Britain, slang) A fool.
    'Don't be such a wally,' Ruby said. 'Felicity is way smarter than you could ever hope to be.' 2014, Richard Newsome, The House of Puzzles, page 111
  2. (colloquial, London and Essex) A large pickled gherkin or cucumber.
    Mushy peas (£1.40) are ... mushy, and wallies (45p) – pickled gherkins to you – come sliced and prettily served in the shape of a flower. 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 215

Etymology 2

adj

  1. (Of eyes) unusually pale; misaligned, sideways-looking, affected by strabismus.
    […] one of his eyes was wally, a condition common among the natives of the land. (Here the first meaning is intended, as indicated later in the text:) […] turned his one black eye on the kindly man […] (p. 183) 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 179
    You are freaking me out with your wally eye. One of your eyes is doing its own thing. 2007, www.urbandictionary.com, http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wally+eye&defid=2671760

Etymology 3

verb

  1. (colloquial, obsolete, Essex) Alternative pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value
    Let them that wallys the sheep watch 'em. 1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes

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