Usually means: Sensitive, often effeminate gay man.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word Nellie:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. nellie: Merriam-Webster
  2. nellie: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Nellie, nellie: Wordnik
  4. Nellie: Wiktionary
  5. Nellie: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Nellie: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. nellie: Dictionary.com
  8. Nellie (sloop): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Nellie: Rhymezone
  10. nellie: FreeDictionary.org
  11. nellie: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Nellie: World Wide Words

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  2. nellie: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nellie, nellie, nellie: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nellie: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Nellie: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Nellie)

▸ noun:  A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor or Helen; popular as a formal given name at the turn of the 20th century.
▸ noun:  (rare) A diminutive of the female given name Chanel.
▸ noun:  (rare) A diminutive of the male given name Nelson.
▸ noun:  (Ireland) Clipping of high nellie. (a roadster bicycle)

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Nell, nelly, Elle, Elinor, Eleanor, Nelia, Nelda, Elliana, Enola, Ellinor, more...

Types:
sissy, wimp, pansy, milksop, mollycoddle, crybaby, wet blanket, more...

Phrases:
Nellie Bly, Nellie Melba, Nellie McClung, nellie mae, nervous nellie, more...

Adjectives:
little, poor, old, nervous, dear, young, helpful, sweet, last, pretty, lovely

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Similar:
Nell, nelly, Elle, Elinor, Eleanor, Nelia, Nelda, Elliana, Enola, Ellinor, more...

Types:
sissy, wimp, pansy, milksop, mollycoddle, crybaby, wet blanket, more...

Phrases:
Nellie Bly, Nellie Melba, Nellie McClung, nellie mae, nervous nellie, nellie brown, nellie ross, dame nellie melba, Nellie Tayloe Ross, bly, nellie, bly nellie, melba, dame nellie, melba dame nellie, more...

Adjectives:
little, poor, old, nervous, dear, young, helpful, sweet, last, pretty, lovely

Colors:
    emerald,     lavender,     lilac,     ivory,     teal, more...



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