tolly
Americannoun
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tollies
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tolly
First recorded in 1850–55; alteration of tallow
Example Sentences
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Another laughed and said: "Strap me if we ha'n't caught a tolly, mates."
From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Herbert Strang
But in king Charles's time, there has been nothing but Trenchmore and the Cushion-dance, omnium gatherum, tolly polly, hoite cum toite.'
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Edward W. (Edward Woodall) Naylor
Not that we mind it much, still we are the fellows who get swished at Eton, and feel the tolly at Beaumont.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 by Various
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