Nelly
- Proper noun. A spelling variant of Nellie, a diminutive of the female given names Eleanor and Helen.
- Proper noun. One of the Frazier Islands where nellies breed.
- Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) Life.
- Noun. (derogatory, slang) An effeminate homosexual man.
- Noun. (British, slang) A silly person.
- Noun. A common name for the giant petrels, ''Macronectes giganteus'' and ''Macronectes halli''.
- Adjective. (slang) Unmanly, effeminate.
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