palsy-walsy
Example Sentences
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Then they had to go ruin it all with that whole glasnost thing, the demolition of the Berlin Wall, and Gorbachev and Reagan getting all palsy-walsy.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2014
Amid this heady stuff, Ball passed the word to Pakistan's President Mo hammed Ayub Khan that the U.S. hoped Pakistan would not carry its palsy-walsy campaign with Red China too far.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ted greeted Manager Joe Cronin with a palsy-walsy "Hey, Scout!"
From Time Magazine Archive
