English

Alternative spellings
dealy
dealie-o

Pronunciation
/�dili/

Etymology
Diminutive of deal.

Noun
en-noun

1. colloquial A thing, especially one seen as complex or having much associated with it.

Usage notes
Sometimes used as a placeholder for an object whose name does not immediately spring to mind, as, Hand me that little plastic dealie.

More often used with a noun in attribution, as, How do I set up this blog dealie?

Derived terms
deelybopper

Category:Metasyntactic words

• 2007-10-04 21:31 - Connel MacKenzie - ===Hdr===, [[User:Connel MacKenzie/Format|fmt]], {{infl}} (en)

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