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noun the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
noun playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
originFrom Middle English daliaunce et al., from dalien (“to exchange pleasantries, to chat; to flirt”), from Old French dalier, dailer. By surface analysis, dally + -ance.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0