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tallywacker

English

Noun

tallywacker (plural tallywackers)

  1. Alternative spelling of tallywhacker

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tallywhacker

English

Alternative forms

  • tallywacker

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

tallywhacker (plural tallywhackers)

  1. (slang) penis

References

  • “tallywag; occ. tarriwag”, in Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang, 2006.
  • “tallywhacker”, American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language fifth edition, 2016.

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