roly poly

[roh-lee-poh-lee, -poh-lee]

ro·ly-po·ly

[roh-lee-poh-lee, -poh-lee] adjective, noun, plural ro·ly-po·lies.
adjective
1.
short and plumply round, as a person or a young animal.
noun
2.
a roly-poly person or thing.
3.
Chiefly British. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked.

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Roly poly is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1595–1605; earlier rowle powle, rowly-powly worthless fellow, game involving rolling balls, rhyming compound based on roll (v.); for second element compare poll1


1. fat, rotund, pudgy.


1. scrawny.

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