lollipop
or lol·ly·pop
a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
Origin of lollipop
1Words Nearby lollipop
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How to use lollipop in a sentence
For home use, Szunerits imagines creating something like a lollipop.
Patches and robotic pills may one day replace injections | Katie Grace Carpenter | May 16, 2022 | Science News For Students“I now use Gaia GPS to explore new areas, see which trails link up to make loops or lollipops, and study where trails eventually lead,” said Dauwalter.
“It barely hurt,” 6-year-old Seaonna Phillips said, clutching the lollipop she’d been gifted.
COVID-19 Hit This County Hard. A Weakened Health Department Still Can’t Get People Vaccinated. | by Aliyya Swaby | December 6, 2021 | ProPublicaThen they can add their favorite treats—a supply of lollipops and decoy candy boxes is included—and practice reaching for prizes.
Thanks to common sense, you know that you should grab a lollipop by the stick and not by the candy.
Marabella, now licking her lollipop and tapping her foot, appears unfazed.
Even Grade School Kids Are Protesting the Garner Killing Now | Caitlin Dickson | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe is smiling, a pink-striped hat on her head and a mini rainbow lollipop sticking out of her mouth.
Even Grade School Kids Are Protesting the Garner Killing Now | Caitlin Dickson | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“On the Good Ship lollipop” Maybe the most iconic Shirley Temple performance, from the 1934 movie Bright Eyes.
7 Impossibly Cute Shirley Temple Moments (VIDEOS) | Kevin Fallon | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey handed the lollipop to Judy Garland, and you never saw it again.
Meet Ruth Duccini, a Munchkin From ‘The Wizard of Oz’ | Ramin Setoodeh | March 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe coached me on how to perform oral sex, likening it to “sucking a lollipop.”
Raped by a Teacher: One Woman’s Tragic Past at the Horace Mann School | Abigail Pesta | September 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAll Hindoos indulge in sweets, which take the place of beer with us; instead of a 'nobbler,' they offer you a 'lollipop.'
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier | James InglisWhy, bless my heart, the last voyage I had a fellow who was always writing to the Earl of lollipop, and signing himself his son.
Dick Cheveley | W. H. G. KingstonThe flames soon demolished the straw-roofed lollipop-shop, and left nothing but a heap of ashes as a memorial of its devastation.
Secret Service or Recollections of a City Detective | Andrew ForresterNo lollipop confectionery for him, melting in the mouth like painted butter.
The Army Mule and Other War Sketches | Henry A. CastleThis lollipop found its way straight into the receptive mouth of any small creature of the human race who came in her way.
A Young Mutineer | Mrs. L. T. Meade
British Dictionary definitions for lollipop
/ (ˈlɒlɪˌpɒp) /
a boiled sweet or toffee stuck on a small wooden stick
British another word for ice lolly
Origin of lollipop
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