"tallywhacker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæliˌ(h)wækɚ/ Audio: En-au-tallywhacker.ogg [Australia] 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, {{m|en|tally|gloss=mate, counterpart}} tally (“mate, counterpart”), {{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, {{m|fro|taillie}} taillie, {{der|en|ML.|tallia}} Medieval Latin tallia, {{m|la|talia}} talia, {{m|la|taillia}} taillia, {{der|en|la|talea|gloss=stick, twig}} Latin talea (“stick, twig”), {{m|en|tail}} tail, {{m|en|wag}} wag, {{m|en|whack}} whack, {{suffix|en||er}} + -er, {{m|en|tallywag}} tallywag, {{m|en|tallywacker}} tallywacker Head templates: {{en-noun}} tallywhacker (plural tallywhackers)
  1. (slang) penis Tags: slang Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: tallywacker

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Download JSON data for tallywhacker meaning in English (3.4kB)

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