Meaning & use
wallies
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British informal plural of 'wally', used to describe foolish or inept people.
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Only a couple of wallies would forget the tickets on the morning of the concert.
The commentators called the defense a bunch of wallies after the mix-up.
A note on using this word
Chiefly British slang; the singular 'wally' became popular in the UK during the 1980s.
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