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telly
[
tel
-ee
]
Origin
tel·ly
/
ˈtɛl
i
/
Show Spelled
[
tel
-ee
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
-lies.
British
Informal
.
1.
television.
2.
a
television
receiving
set
.
Origin:
1935–40;
tel(evision)
+
-y
2
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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World English Dictionary
telly
(ˈtɛlɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-lies
informal
chiefly
(
Brit
) short for
television
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
telly
British shortening of
television
, attested by 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
telly definition
[ˈtɛli]
n.
a television set. (Originally British.) :
What's on the telly tonight?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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