Dallop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dallop is a noun meaning (obsolete, East Anglia and Essex) A tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn.
Meaning
(obsolete, East Anglia and Essex) A tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Alternative form of dollop.
Example Sentences
Dallop, s[ubstantive] a deal heap, a division or small heap,[…]
Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, / leaue standing by dallops, till time ye doo bind
DALLOP, s[ubstantive] […] 5. A clumsy and shapeless lump of any thing tumbled about in the hands.
Word Forms
- dallops
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include collopping, scutch, dump, lapcock, tummal, tussuck.
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