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Pally vs Dally - What's the difference?

pally | dally |

As nouns the difference between pally and dally

is that pally is (colloquial) a palestinian while dally is several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in.

As a verb dally is

to waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle.

pally

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Like a pal; friendly.
  • * 1929 , Basil Woon, From Deauville to Monte Carlo , page 157,
    • The O?Briens are the palliest of pals with the Prince of Wales and when HRH is in Biarritz he and Jay are inseparable.
  • * 1942 , Seán O'Faoláin, Peadar O'Donnell, The Bell , Volume 5, page 157,
    • Words are the friendliest and palliest things I know.
  • * 1987 , Alan Sillitoe, Every Day of the Week: An Alan Sillitoe Reader , page 30,
    • he was a champion boozer and the palliest bloke in the pub.
  • * 2006 , Vidar Helgesen, Erik Solheim, The Straight Talkers'', Harriet Martin (editor), Kofi Atta Annan (foreword), ''Kings of Peace, Pawns of War: The Untold Story of Peace-Making , page 112,
    • And with each round the two negotiating teams got more and more pally . ‘By the sixth round we were having Jacuzzis together!’
  • * 2010 , Donald Munro, Diaries of a Stretcher-Bearer 1916-1918 , page 100,
    • When there were Australian officers everyone was more pally and sociable which made it easier for the lady in charge to entertain the party.
  • * 2011 , David Rowley, Erections in the Far East , page 19,
    • The chap I?m most pally with is Fright who is nearly sixty now but still climbs like a youngster.

    Noun

    (pallies)
  • (US) An affectionate term of address.
  • *1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, p. 164:
  • *:‘Sit here, pally .’ He pushed me down.
  • * 1951 , Cue: The Weekly Magazine of New York Life , page M-77,
    • Well, a lot of water has flown under the bridges since then, pally , and while I have been laying off lately, I?m still the same old Joey, which is more than I can say for that O?Hara creep.
  • * 1968 , , Tattoo Marks and Nails'', ''A Walk in the Night: And Other Stories , page 95,
    • Ahmed the Turk grinned. “You call this hot, chommy? Pally , we used to take slices off the heat, put them on our biscuits and make toast.”
  • * 1993 , , The Era: 1947-1957, When the Yankees, the Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled the World , page 342,
    • As the Giants moved West, most accpted Horace Stoneham?s apologia: “I can?t stay where I am, pally . If I don?t move the team I go bankrupt. Except for Chub [Feeney], all my relatives would starve.”
  • (US, Australia) A slightly derogatory and insulting term of address.
    • What do you think you are doing, pally ?

    dally

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Verb

  • To waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle.
  • * Calamy
    • We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer.
  • * Barrow
    • We have put off God, and dallied with his grace.
  • To interchange caresses, especially of a sexual nature; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport (compare dalliance)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Not dallying with a brace of courtesans.
  • To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
  • To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
  • * 2003 , Jameson Parker, An Accidental Cowboy , page 89:
    • The end of the top rope he dallied around the gooseneck trailer hitch.
    Synonyms
    * dilly-dally

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from (etyl) "da le la vuelta ! " ("twist it around !") by law of Hobson-Jobson.

    Noun

    (dallies)
  • Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in .
  • * 1947 - Bruce Kiskaddon, Rhymes and Ranches
    • What matters is now if he tied hard and fast, / Or tumbled his steer with a dally .