Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Shilly-shally

Shilly-shally , intransitive verb

To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.

Shilly-shally , noun

Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.
She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. — De Quincey