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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete, East Anglia and Essex) A tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn..
Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, / leaue standing by dallops, till time ye doo bind
Dallop, s[ubstantive] a deal heap, a division or small heap,[…]
DALLOP, s[ubstantive] […] 5. A clumsy and shapeless lump of any thing tumbled about in the hands.
Use dallop when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dallop means (obsolete, East Anglia and Essex) A tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn..
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Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, / leaue standing by dallops, till time ye doo bind
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