wally close
Scottish
noun
In Scotland (especially Glasgow), an entrance passage in a tenement, with (usually ornate) tiling on the walls, frequently regarded as a sign of higher social standing.
Origin
Early 20th century. Close.
- ripple-firing
- ripple-flaked
- ripple-flaking
- ripple grass
- rippleless
- ripple marks
- ripple pony cloth
- rippler
- ripple sole
- ripple-soled
- ripple stitch
- ripplet
- ripple-through
- ripple-through counter
- ripple ware
- rippling comb
- rippling machine
- ripply
- riprap
- ripresa
- rip-roaring
- rip-roaringly
- riproarious
- riproariously
- riprorious