Lolly

/ˈlɒl.i/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
2. (UK, Ireland) An ice lolly; a popsicle.
3. (Australia, New Zealand) Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.
4. (cricket) An easy catch.
5. (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang, uncountable) Money.
6. (archaic) A lump.
7. (archaic, slang, 19th-20th centuries) The head (or, by extension, the tongue).
8. (archaic, 19th century) A child. Alternative form of lully (“child”).

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Organise the students into small groups. Send a letter home to the parents stating that the science lesson will involve students eating a small amount of lollies. Check which students are allowed to eat lollies. Students with diabetes will only be able to observe or they could bring their own ‘special’ sweets from home.

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.’

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.

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.

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

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• lollies
• lollier
• lolliest

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