Peely-wally
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpiliˌwali/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Peely-wally is an adjective meaning (chiefly Scotland) Pale, pasty; off-color or ill-looking.
Meaning
(chiefly Scotland) Pale, pasty; off-color or ill-looking.
Example Sentences
‘Are there no English troops out here?’ ‘A few,’ Gilzean said. ‘But they're all sick. Peely-wally lot the English, ye ken.’
But I felt that Tommy's championing of the lit de soleil, as it's known in Maryhill, was courageous and condign. It allowed otherwise peely wally Glaswegians to hold their tanned faces aloft in polite company and let their neighbours think they'd been to Santa Ponsa or Majorca.
Word Forms
- peelie wallie
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include white, pasty, pallid, wally, tallow-faced, blake.
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