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self-licking lollipops

self-licking lollipops is the plural of self-licking lollipop.

Meaning of self-licking lollipop

Noun

self-licking lollipop (plural self-licking lollipops)

  1. (figuratively) Something that apparently exists only to sustain itself.
    • It will unquestionably be a marathon with no finishing line, a self-licking lollipop, since the more one gets things right in the city, the more people will come, and the bigger the challenge.2017, Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Ira Herbst, Making Africa Work: A Handbook for Economic Success, page 85

Questions about self-licking lollipops

What is self-licking lollipops the plural of?
Self-licking lollipops is the plural of self-licking lollipop.

Words near self-licking lollipops in the dictionary

  1. self-licking ice cream cone
  2. self-licking ice cream cones
  3. self-licking ice-cream cone
  4. self-licking ice-cream cones
  5. self-licking lollipop
  6. self-licking lollipops
  7. self-lie
  8. self-lies
  9. self-life
  10. self-limitation
  11. self-limited

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