What does nelly mean?
Nelly means (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's life..
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/nɛli/ · noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) A person's life..
From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.
Some of the nelliest boys unable to get or keep a job, some of the toughest girls breaking their bodies trying to do men's work.
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Nelly means (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's life..
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From Christopher Street to Castro Street, these men are peddling the same message. I'm butch, a macho man. Well, it ain't necessarily so. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, the butcher the get-up, the nellier the wearer.
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