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Shilly-shally In Webster's Dictionary

\Shil"ly-shal`ly\, v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.
\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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