Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A trademark for a colored, flavored ice confection with one or two flat sticks for a handle.

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  • noun trademark A type of ice lolly.

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  • noun ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick

Etymologies

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Epsicle ice pop, from the surname of Frank Epperson, its inventor, + icicle; the inventor's children renamed it popsicle.

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Examples

  • We are being forced back to the good old days, when you paid cash for everything, your neighbor left a bag of tomatoes from his garden on the back porch and you poured fresh squeezed juice in Popsicle molds to make treats for the children.

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  • One hundred years later, the Popsicle is still languished in the corners of American society and finds itself an exile next to Dickie Dee and various other ice-cream products.

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  • One hundred years later, the life of the Popsicle is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

    MLK--A Man And His Popsicle 2008

  • But one hundred years later, the Popsicle is not free.

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  • I Was a Teenage Popsicle is a futuristic comedy revolving around Floe Ryan.

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  • Aside from the varied subject matter, Popsicle is a big giant blend of styles, with elements of comedy, drama, chick lit, sci-fi and kitschy, 1950s style horror.

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  • His kids would ask for pop's 'sicles', and so the name Popsicle was born.

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  • His kids would ask for pop's 'sicles', and so the name Popsicle was born.

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  • We've created another Wordpress theme called Popsicle, which you can

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  • Breaking the Popsicle is the stuff of life -- the mitosis of soul that generates growth, rebirth ... and love. commented on: October 20, 2008 at 8: 09 PM

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  • See citation at Epsicle.

    July 12, 2010