Meaning & use
telly
A television set, or television as a medium, in informal British usage.
See it in a sentence
She spent the rainy afternoon curled up on the sofa watching telly.
Turn the telly on, the match is about to start.
A note on using this word
Informal British English; sounds casual and would be unusual in formal writing or American contexts.
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