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Meanings of nelly in English
Synonyms
Examples for "swish"
Examples for "swish"
1
A swish bathroom can be a strong selling point in a house.
2
Lyra thought she could even hear them: a vast distant whispering swish.
3
Presently a lamp was lit; and Duane heard the swish of skirts.
4
Soon the swish of leaves and the crackling of rotten wood ceased.
5
A few yards away they heard the soft swish of the river.
1
You know, in case TMZ is having a fag break or something.
2
It is late September at the fag end of the tourism season.
3
They said that the whole world would know he was a fag.
4
Albert dropped his fag and stood on it on the way in.
5
They smoked fag after fag, lighting the new ones on the butts.
1
The Bishop, lifting the faggot-fork, carefully stirred and built up the logs.
2
The Catholic princes and bishops were at work with fire and faggot.
3
His hand shot into the fire and dragged out a burning faggot.
4
A faggot of these lopped branches can be bought for a penny.
5
You can't let fucking faggot whores take over what belongs to you.
1
The church appealed to the rack, and faith relied on the fagot.
2
It is the fagot-piles about the stake which flame so merrily yonder.
3
Thereupon she took in her hands the fagot John had been holding.
4
The axe and the fagot have disappeared; but, alas for human nature!
5
Madame de Sevigné minces on the subject of the fagot and the wheel.
Usage of nelly in English
1
The department of arts and culture has said woah nelly… for now at least.
2
The mysteriousness of the change in Miss Nelly perturbed him the more.
3
Then, of course, Nelly came rushing over here to tell us off.
4
His Nelly must have the fields and the woods and the waters.
5
That she no longer needed to bow and scrape to Nelly Lorentz.
6
She hadn't wanted to tell Nelly the real reason for her departure.
7
Left alone once more, Nelly set off in the direction of town.
8
Once more you meet at the home of Nelly the blue-eyed Madge.
9
The General had sworn then that Robin never should have his Nelly.
10
It would never do; he must not go to see Nelly again.
11
Madge is often with Nelly; and Madge is never less than Madge.
12
The visitor held out a telegram, which Nelly took in some bewilderment.
13
Elder Nelly Patterson said she was relieved the climb had been closed.
14
Nelly unlocked the door with her latchkey, and stood on the step.
15
Farrell and Nelly meanwhile were, it seemed, in no lack of conversation.
16
Nelly could not rouse herself to write the letter to Miss Martin.
Frequent collocations
Nelly through the time