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How to use lolly in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, adjective

Lolly means a piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop. Example: “When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.”

Examples of lolly by meaning

nounAny confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.

  • 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
  • Send a letter home to the parents stating that the science lesson will involve students eating a small amount of lollies.2002, R.I.C. Publications, Primary Science, page 52

More sentences with lolly

  • When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.From the entry form
  • I prefer lime ice lollies to lemon ones.From the entry ice lolly
  • I prefer strawberry lolly ices to lemon ones.From the entry lolly ice
  • Go into that shop and buy me three of those chocnut lollies.2015, Alex Wheatle, Liccle Bit, →ISBN. From the entry chocnut
  • The carriage is heavy with the odors of sickness: sweat and menthol throat lollies duke it out.2011, Trent Jamieson, The Business of Death. From the entry throat lolly
  • Veronika takes a gulp of her wine while still chewing on her cough lolly.2007, Liane Moriarty, The Last Anniversary, page 208. From the entry cough lolly
  • It is doubtful that the cough lolly is contributing much to the chardonnay’s buttery undertones.2007, Liane Moriarty, The Last Anniversary, page 208. From the entry cough lolly
  • Lolly Mulberry, a notorious playgirl, was an old flame of Tudy’s and an old enemy of Materkins’.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 50. From the entry playgirl
  • Like the time Mum made the Winnie the Pooh chocolate lollies for the cake sale, before cakes got banned.2014, Pamela Butchart, The Spy Who Loved School Dinners, Nosy Crow, →ISBN. From the entry Winnie the Pooh
  • Lolly was a solid and steady, fortyish El Salvadoran who had lived in California for over twenty years.2006, Dianne Emley, chapter 24, in The First Cut: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 210. From the entry El Salvadoran
  • I wish I had a throat lolly.1992, Barry Dickins, Post Office Restaurant and Other Stories, page 28. From the entry throat lolly
  • It shone on ice lollies and melted them.1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 23. From the entry red
  • To others - particularly on Twitter - they're everything from 'ice pops' to 'ice lollies' to 'ice poles' to 'freeze pops' to 'Tip-Tops'.2023 April 17 (last accessed), “The internet is arguing about what these frozen things are officially called”, in entertainment.ie…. From the entry tiptop
  • To others - particularly on Twitter - they're everything from 'ice pops' to 'ice lollies' to 'ice poles' to 'freeze pops' to Tip-Tops.2023 April 17 (last accessed), “The internet is arguing about what these frozen things are officially called”, in entertainment.ie…. From the entry ice pole
  • I tried lint-rolling, but after clearing about an inch, the roller ended up looking like a prelicked Fab lolly dropped on the floor of the hairdresser's.2015 February 15, Alexander Fury, “Watership gown: A rabbit-related fashion loss”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media…. From the entry prelicked
  • 'Here's your lollies,' she says holding out the grubby packet of lovehearts, Maura's share of the two shillings' worth they had bought with the money from the Barnardos box.2001, Fiona Farrell, The Skinny Louie Book. From the entry love heart

Meaning of lolly

  1. noun A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
  2. noun An ice lolly; a popsicle.
  3. noun Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.

Full definition of lolly

Questions about lolly in a sentence

How do you use lolly in a sentence?
Lolly is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.”
What is a short sentence with lolly?
“I wish I had a throat lolly.”
What does lolly mean?
Lolly means a piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.

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