lolly

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A piece of hard candy on a stick

   A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.

   • Trim the lolly sticks, so that you have a stem of about 3–4cm to stick into the cake, and then plunge the sticks of the foreshortened lollies into the cake so that the ghoulish faces leer out from their black-frosted graveyard.
2. 2

   An ice lolly

   An ice lolly; a popsicle.

3. 3

   Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content

   Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.

   • Leaving the Domain, I walked back to the hotel, noticing the queer signs by the way. One was “Lollies for Sale.” It was over the door of a confectioner′s store where all sorts of candies were displayed.
   • He looked straight into Frau Diller′s spectacled eyes and said, ‘Mixed lollies, please.’ Frau Diller smiled.[…]‘Here,’ she said, tossing a single lolly onto the counter. ‘Mix it yourself.’
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   1. 4

      An easy catch.

   2. 5

      Money.

   3. 6

      A lump.

   4. 7

      The head (or, by extension, the tongue).

      • The dancing party was knock’d up, and were lobbing their lollys, half asleep and half awake, on the table, bowing as it were to the magnanimous influence of Old Tom.
   5. 8

      A child. Alternative form of lully (“child”).

      • With you in bed, and a sick lolly lying along-side we can make no end of hauls [...] It isn’t going to hurt the child in the end.
   6. 9

      A fool.

   7. 10

      Something simple to do or understand.

   8. 11

      Snow or fine ice floating on water.

      • The water was covered with what they term "lolly," of "slob" — i. e., very small pieces of ice and snow mixed together, making the surface the consistency of pea soup.
      • Accidents of course happen from time to time, and men often go through the ‘lolly’ or miss their footing and come in for a cold bath, which, considering their filthy condition, may not be altogether an unmitigated evil
   9. 12

      Eliciting a response of LOL

      Eliciting a response of LOL; funny.

   10. 13

       A diminutive of the female given names Laura or Louise.

       • Louise Bergeret (Lolly) was a year older than Enid;[…].
       • He could see it all, with that certificate before him reading “Alice Louise Cameron” — Lolly.
       • “Lolly, huh? Short for Louise no doubt.”

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