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lollipop

[lol-ee-pop] Origin

lol·li·pop

[lol-ee-pop]
noun
a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
Also, lol·ly·pop.


Origin:
1785–95; dial. lolly tongue + pop1
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lollipop (ˈlɒlɪˌpɒp)
 
n
1.  a boiled sweet or toffee stuck on a small wooden stick
2.  (Brit) another word for ice lolly
 
[C18: perhaps from Northern English dialect lolly the tongue (compare loll) + pop1]

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lollipop
1784, lolly-pops "sweetmeats, soft candy," perhaps related to loll "to dangle" (the tongue) + pop "strike, slap." Or the first element may be northern dial. lolly "the tongue." Meaning "hard candy on a stick" is from 1920s.
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