Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cry of a turkey.
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- noun A strong
liquor ormedicine .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Going down to the doctors on Friday – see if I get prescribed a dollop of jollop.
Humanity’s Fire Book 2: The Orphaned Worlds – update « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2009
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Councillor Tommy Backhouse in attendance, the jollop having been furnished by him.
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When I found him, a mean-looking grey was rearing up and savagely lashing out with his hooves in response to a sesame sweetie that Famia was coaxing him to take; it was no doubt dosed with jollop from a sinister black pottery bottle that had already been kicked over in the fray.
Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998
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But, lor ', they just went through me like jollop.
A Girl Among the Anarchists Isabel Meredith
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"Must give the jollop purser a drop more," said Dumlow.
Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Let him mind his salts-and-senna and jollop," said Jack sharply.
Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea George Manville Fenn 1870
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"It's very kind of you to say so, my dear, and of course I shouldn't think of going without some camomiles, and poppy-heads, and a little castor-oil, and salts and senny, and jollop.
To The West George Manville Fenn 1870
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I'll take anything he likes to give me, even if it's jollop, and won't make a face. "
Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy George Manville Fenn 1870
she commented on the word jollop
v., to gobble, make turkey-noises
n., the cry of a turkey
July 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word jollop
Toiky noises!
September 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jollop
Also the wattle of a turkey or other fowl.
October 22, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word jollop
JM has heard that some folk jollop together and some just don't - must be to do with birds of a feather etc etc.
May 3, 2010