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peely-wally

/ˈpiliˌwali/ Scotland
/ˈpiːliwali/ UK
/piːliˈwali/ UK

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From Scots peely-wally.

adjective peelie wallie

Scotland, not comparable Pale, pasty; off-color or ill-looking. ‘Are there no English troops out here?’ ‘A few,’ Gilzean said. ‘But they're all sick. Peely-wally lot the English, ye ken.’

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adj pale, off-color

Deutsch	blass, bleich, fahl, kränklich

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@misc{peely_wally_2026,
  title = {peely-wally},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peely-wally},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}