lolly
see also: Lolly
Pronunciation
Lolly
Proper noun
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see also: Lolly
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈlɒl.i/, /ˈlɔl.i/
Contraction of lollipop.
Nounlolly
- A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
- (UK, Irish) An ice lolly; a popsicle.
- (UK, Irish, slang, uncountable) Money.
- (Commonwealth) Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.
- (cricket) An easy catch.
- (archaic) A lump.(clarification of this definition is needed)
- bonbon
- candy (US)
- confection
- sweet (British)
Shortened from loblolly ("gruel").
Nounlolly (uncountable)
- (Canada) Snow or fine ice floating on water.
lolly (comparative lollier, superlative lolliest)
Lolly
Proper noun
- A female given name.
- 1982, Dorothea Straus, Under the Canopy[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OnoOAAAAYAAJ&q=%22lolly%22+%22louise%22+-intitle:%22lolly%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22lolly%22+%22louise%22+-intitle:%22lolly%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DQGkT6rIOMe0iQeJxbCvCA&redir_esc=y], page 50:
- Louise Bergeret (Lolly) was a year older than Enid; […] .
- 1991, Gene Stratton-Porter, The Keeper of the Bees[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qGeX1UazHdsC&pg=PA481&dq=%22lolly%22+%22louise%22+-intitle:%22lolly%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DQGkT6rIOMe0iQeJxbCvCA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22lolly%22%20%22louise%22%20-intitle%3A%22lolly%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false], page 481:
- He could see it all, with that certificate before him reading “Alice Louise Cameron” — Lolly.
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