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▪ I. derry1|ˈdɛrɪ|
A meaningless word in the refrains of popular songs; hence, a ballad or set of verses.
a1553Udall Royster D. ii. iii. (Arb.) 36 With chip and cherie Heyh derie derie. 1860Borrow Sleeping Bard 50 If one can patch together any nonsensical derry, he is styled a graduate bard.
▪ II. derry2 Austral. and N.Z.|ˈdɛrɪ|
[app. jocular adaptation of derry in the refrain derry down.]
A ‘down’ (down n.3 5); esp. in phr. to have a derry on, to be prejudiced against.
1896Argus 19 Mar. 5/9 (Morris), Have you any particular ‘derry’ upon this Wendouree? 1897D. McK. Wright Station Ballads 107, I ain't down on them if they ain't got a derry on me! 1900H. Lawson Verses Pop. & Humorous 185 It's orful when the p'leece has got a derry on a chap. 1915Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Aug. 47/1 If you do, the Johns have a derry on yer ever after. 1918Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 20 Dec. 245/1 He..[has] a particularly keen ‘derry’ on the parade-ground N.C.O. 1948D. W. Ballantyne Cunninghams (1963) i. x. 58 She didn't like the Baptists though, had had a derry on that crowd ever since Hilda took her to an evening service.
▪ III. derry3 slang.|ˈdɛrɪ|
[f. derelict a. and n. + -y6.]
A derelict building.
1968Busby & Holtham Main Line Kill v. 52 Red said it was time to kip in the derry... The derry was the second of a row of empty houses. 1969Guardian 5 Aug. 4/8 Mary..lives with her husband, two Belgian boys, three English girls, and a young Frenchman in a ‘derry’—a deserted house—in Chelsea. |