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lolly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lol·ly /ˈlɒli $ ˈlɑːli/ noun (plural lollies) British English informal  1. [countable] frozen juice or ice cream on a stick 冰棍 SYN ice lolly2. [countable] a hard sweet made of boiled sugar on a stick 棒棒糖 SYN lollipop3. [uncountable] old-fashionedMONEY money – used humorously 钱〔幽默用法〕
Examples from the Corpus
lollyNow the company is making more than 200,000 lollies a week and staff have been placed on overtime to cope with extra demand.Three giant production centres on 75 acres of land making 254 different varieties of ice creams and lollies.We see another bunch of outdoor reporters huddled into their coat collars, clutching mikes like they were chocolate lollies.The plant now sends ice lollies all over the world.And Pendleton's managers are hopeful their sales will continue to soar when their famous Twicer ice lolly is relaunched next week.We use 42 thousand miles of wrapping paper a year. 218 million lolly sticks a year.Wipe the apples and push lolly sticks into them.It was a substitute act which brought the lolly.
From Longman Business Dictionarylollylol‧ly /ˈlɒliˈlɑːli/ noun [uncountable] British English informal old-fashioned moneyHe must be rolling in lolly.Origin lolly (1800-1900) lollipop
lol·ly nounChineseSyllable
Corpus Business cream on frozen juice a ice or


lolly
lolly /ˈlɒli $ ˈlɑːli/ noun (plural lollies) British English informal
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: lollipop
1. [countable] frozen juice or ice cream on a stick
   SYN  ice lolly
2. [countable] a hard sweet made of boiled sugar on a stick
   SYN  lollipop
3. [uncountable] old-fashioned money – used humorously


lollyBrE /ˈlɒli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɑːli/ 🔊 noun (
plural
lollies
)
(informal)
[countable] (BrE) = lollipop [countable] (BrE) = ice lolly [uncountable] (old-fashioned, BrE) money [countable] (AustralE, NZE) a sweet or a piece of candy 糖果;糖块儿