tille-vally

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tille-vally - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tilly-vally \Til"ly-val`ly\, interj., adv., or a.
     A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as
     expressive of contempt, or when anything said was rejected as
     trifling or impertinent. [Written also tille-vally,
     tilly-fally, tille-fally, and otherwise.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]