"tallywhacker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæliˌ(h)wækɚ/ Audio: En-au-tallywhacker.ogg Forms: tallywhackers [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from tally (“mate, counterpart”), from Middle English taly (“a tally stick”), from Anglo-Norman tallie, Old French taillee, taillie, from Medieval Latin tallia, talia, taillia, from Latin talea (“stick, twig”), or alternatively from tail, + wag, likely influenced by whack, + -er. Compare tallywag, an eighteenth century dialect term meaning “penis”. Attested as tallywhacker or tallywacker since the twentieth century. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{inh|en|enm|taly|t=a tally stick}} Middle English taly (“a tally stick”), {{der|en|xno|tallie}} Anglo-Norman tallie, {{der|en|fro|taillee}} Old French taillee, {{der|en|ML.|tallia}} Medieval Latin tallia, {{der|en|la|talea|gloss=stick, twig}} Latin talea (“stick, twig”), {{suffix|en||er}} + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} tallywhacker (plural tallywhackers)
  1. (slang) Penis Tags: slang Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: tallywacker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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