derry1
/ˈdɛri
/noun (in phrase have a derry on) Australian /NZ informal
Have a strong dislike for: they’ve always had a derry on us...
- While he is exhorting the President to patch up differences with the union, he appears to have a derry on some of his rivals.
Origin
Late 19th century: apparently from the song refrain derry down, used humorously for down in the sense 'dislike'.
Derry2
/ˈdɛri/ See Londonderry.
Rhymes
- unreputed
- unrequest
- unrequested
- unrequired
- unrequisite
- unrequitable
- unrequital
- unrequited
- unrequitedly
- unrequitedness
- unrequitement
- unrequiter
- unrescinded
- unrescued
- unresearched
- unresemblant
- unresemble
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from strength
- from the (bottom of one's) heart
- from the bottom up
- from the dead
- from the floor
- from the ground up