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icy pole

British  

noun

  1. Also called (esp in Britain): ice lolly.   Popsicle.  an ice cream or water ice on a stick

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Anemone laughed like I’d just licked an icy pole.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

The Great Bear climbed higher round the icy pole; the sky had ceased to snow before the absorbed thinker by the fire noticed the change of weather.

From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely

I niver heard speak of any land away to the south’ard, except the icy pole, an’ that we should niver see if we wished it ever so much.”

From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.

And the Serpent, which is situate next to the icy pole, being before torpid with cold, and formidable to no one, grew warm, and regained new rage for the heat.

From Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel by Donnelly, Ignatius

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