Nelly

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

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