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English Dictionary: shilly-shally by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shill-I-shall-I \Shill"-I-shall`-I\, Shilly-shally
   \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, adv. [A reduplication of shall I.]
      In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.
  
               I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because
               when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand
               shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't.
                                                                              --Congreve.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, v. i.
      To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy
      one's self with trifles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, n.
      Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.
  
               She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking
               and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. --De
                                                                              Quincey.
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