What does dilly dally mean?

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dilly dally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

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dilly dallies (present, singular) dilly dallying (participle, present) dilly dallied (participle, past) dilly dallied (past)

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