shilly-shally

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englanti To procrastinate.
1836, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton, Paul Clifford in The works of Edward Lytton Bulwer, esq. in two volumes, Volume 1, Page http://books.google.com/books?id=DOwtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA633&dq=%22your+time+has+come,+and+you+can't+shilly-shally+any+longer%22&hl=en&ei=3uJ8TsnSOcKX8QPkzOGHAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQv=onepage&q=%22your%20time%20has%20come%2C%20and%20you%20can't%20shilly-shally%20any%20longer%22&f=false 633
"Why, you sees sic, Captain, your time has come, and you can't shilly-shally any longer. You have had your full swing; your years are up, and you must die like a man!"
1866, Charles Reade, Griffith Gaunt, in The Argosy: Volume 2 - Page http://books.google.com/books?id=RfUtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA82&dq=%22Whatever+you+do,+don%27t+%27%27%27shilly-shally%27%27%27+no+longer%22&hl=en&ei=MXV7TqjSDvTH0AGstq2iAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQv=onepage&q=%22Whatever%20you%20do%2C%20don%27t%20%27%27%27shilly-shally%27%27%27%20no%20longer%22&f=false 16, published by Strahan and Co.
"She would have come a few months ago, and gladly: I'll write to her."
"Better talk to her, and persuade her."
"I'll do that too, but I must write to her first".
"So do then; but whatever you do, don't shilly-shally no longer."
1867, The Nation: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Science, and Art (Volume 4), Page http://www.google.com/search?q=%22on+the+ground+that+such+shilly-shallying%22&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1 215
However the resolutions seem merely calculated to waste time, as they involve a whole preliminary discussion before the really important matters can be settled. If the Liberal party were sincere, there would doubtless be an attempt to turn out the Government at once, on the ground that such shilly-shallying with a matter of such importance cannot be allowed
To vacillate.
1991, Michael Duffy, "The Two George Bushes: At Home—A Case of Doing Nothing," Time, 7 January
The shilly-shallying performance on domestic issues that has marked Bush's first two years in office is not the result of ineptitude.
indecisive Indecisive; wavering.
George Eliot
Irwine would think him a shilly-shally fellow ever after.

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