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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
shilly-shally .
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Examples
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David, they shilly-shallied and flirted with this Nuremberg II hate-fest.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Indeed, they have shilly-shallied on the four major questions facing the
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Because he had shilly-shallied since the beginning of September, Knighton had been driven to do it himself.
The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983
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Colin Mackenzie, who was through it all, said it was pathetic to see how old Elphy shilly-shallied and changed his mind, and McNaghten still refused to believe that disaster was approaching.
Flashman Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1969
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This man, pretending to be of a high old Irish family, likely to discountenance union to a publican's daughter, shilly-shallied, but finally went East to get his folks 'consent.
The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams
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Fortunately Roosevelt never shilly-shallied when a crisis confronted him.
Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Harold Howland
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He shilly-shallied from one car to another asking rather stupid questions for the best part of two hours.
Men of Affairs Roland Pertwee
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When, later, the Government were questioned by delegates from various countries, they shilly-shallied and would say only that Nin had disappeared and they knew nothing of his whereabouts.
Homage to Catalonia 1938
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The king, unwilling to offend any one, shilly-shallied.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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I've shilly-shallied around you for months, protesting my love, and I haven't gotten anywhere.
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