"nervous nellie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nervous nellies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nervous nellie (plural nervous nellies)
  1. Alternative spelling of nervous Nellie Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nervous Nellie
    Sense id: en-nervous_nellie-en-noun-y6LipZhB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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