"nellie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nellies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nellie (plural nellies)
  1. (Ireland) Clipping of high nellie. (a roadster bicycle) Tags: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: high nellie (extra: a roadster bicycle)
    Sense id: en-nellie-en-noun-dYcOU55T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English

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          "text": "CHORUS:Be the holy man above tonight did ye ever see the likes. Sally Doran sitting there upon her great big nellie bike. It was at twelve o'clock at night, I got an awful fright. But it was only Sally Doran on her great big nellie bike.",
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