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
- pupilled
- pupil-less
- pupilless
- pupillizing
- pupillogram
- pupillograph
- pupillography
- pupillometer
- pupillometric
- pupillometrics
- pupillometry
- pupil-master
- pupil-monger
- pupil nurse
- pupilometer
- pupil power
- dispensability
- dispensable
- dispensary
- dispensation
- dispensational
- dispensationalism
- dispensationalist
- dispense
- dispenser