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jolley

jolley noun: one who jigs.

Noun

jolley (plural jolleys)

  1. One who jigs.
  2. (pottery) A concave horizontal lathe used in producing bowls and cups.
    • When she had to leave work because of silicosis at the beginning of this century, the period of female makers at jolleys was over, with some insignificant temporary exceptions.2005, Gertjan De Groot, Women Workers And Technological Change In Europe In The Nineteenth And twentieth century

Verb

jolley (third-person singular simple present jolleys, present participle jolleying, simple past and past participle jolleyed)

  1. (pottery) To use a jolley.

Proper noun capitalized: Jolley

Jolley

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Iowa.

Synonyms of jolley

Forms of jolley

Noun
pluraljolleys
Verb
third-person singular presentjolleys
present participlejolleying
past participlejolleyed
pastjolleyed

Words formed from jolley

Questions about jolley

What does jolley mean?
Jolley means one who jigs.
What part of speech is jolley?
Jolley can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of jolley?
The plural of jolley is jolleys.

Words near jolley in the dictionary

  1. jolkinolides
  2. joll
  3. jolled
  4. joller
  5. jollers
  6. jolley
  7. jolleyed
  8. jolleyer
  9. jolleyers
  10. jolleying
  11. jolleyman

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