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loblollies

loblollies is the plural of loblolly.

Meaning of loblolly

Noun

loblolly (countable and uncountable, plural loblollies)

  1. (dialectal) Gruel.
  2. (UK, dialectal) A thick stew; lobscouse or similar.
  3. (Southern, US) A mudhole.
    • he and Narcissa paddled and splashed with tucked-up garments and muddy bottoms, after the crudest of whittled boats, or made loblollies by treading and treading in one spot with the intense oblivion of alchemists.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 122
  4. (dialectal) A bumpkin or lout.
    • Whil'st he, not dreaming of thy folly,
      Lies gaping like a great Lob-lolly1675, Lucian (trans. Charles Cotton), Burlesque upon Burlesque: or, The scoffer scoft, 86
  5. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda).
  6. Loblolly bay (plant).

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Questions about loblollies

What is loblollies the plural of?
Loblollies is the plural of loblolly.

Words near loblollies in the dictionary

  1. lobiped
  2. Lobito
  3. Loblaw
  4. Loblaws
  5. loblollied
  6. loblollies
  7. loblolly
  8. loblolly bay
  9. loblolly bays
  10. loblolly boy
  11. loblolly boys

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