lollies
lollies is the plural of lolly.
Meaning of lolly
Noun
lolly (countable and uncountable, plural lollies)
- A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
- 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.2004, Nigella Lawson, Feast: Food that Celebrates Life, unnumbered page
- An ice lolly; a popsicle.
- Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.
- 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.1924, Frank George Carpenter, Australia, New Zealand and Some Islands of the South Seas, page 36
- Synonyms:
- bonbon, candy, confection, sweet
- An easy catch.
- Money.
- A lump.
Noun
lollies
- A type of undergarment worn by cheerleaders under their skirts in place of panties.
- Synonyms:
- kickpants, spankies
Synonyms of lollies
- kickpants
- spankies
Origin of lollies
Shortened form of lollipop pants, which was the standard form in Rhode Island at least through the mid 1980s. It is not known when the shortened form became the standard term.
Phrases with lollies
Questions about lollies
- What does lollies mean?
- Lollies means a type of undergarment worn by cheerleaders under their skirts in place of panties.
- What is lollies the plural of?
- Lollies is the plural of lolly.
- What part of speech is lollies?
- Lollies is a noun.
Words near lollies in the dictionary
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