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dally

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Verb

  1. To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
  2. To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
  3. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
  4. 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

Noun

  1. Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
  2. Alternative form of dolly (“offering of fruit or flowers”).
  3. A New Zealand person of Croatian or other Balkan descent.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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