lollipop
Americannoun
noun
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a boiled sweet or toffee stuck on a small wooden stick
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another word for ice lolly
Etymology
Origin of lollipop
1785–95; dial. lolly tongue + pop 1
Example Sentences
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This meant that no warnings could be put on the 14 gantries and lollipop signs along that stretch of the motorway.
From BBC
She was a pretty nice nurse, and Sam liked her just fine, and sometimes she gave him a lollipop before he went home.
From Literature
Sometimes I thought she must chew them, like lollipops.
From Literature
It’s a deceptively saccharine world, one that she sees as, in her words, a “poisonous lollipop.”
From Los Angeles Times
She bought lollipops and a teddy bear, and by 10 a.m. she had set up shop outside a campus dining hall where she consoled students Sunday morning with offers of “free mom hugs.”
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