DILLY-DALLY
VERBS
► FILLY-FALLY to idle, to dilly-dally → 19C ? obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► PALTER to play fast and loose with a matter or thing; to dilly-dally, to trifle with → 1814
► POLLYFOX to dilly-dally, to delay and discuss, to quibble or equivocate → 1873 Amer. dial.
► POLLYFOX AROUND to equivocate, to quibble, to procrastinate; to waste time, to dilly-dally, to delay and discuss → 1970 Amer. dial.