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1. (adj.) roly-poly
short and plumply round.
2. (n.) roly-poly
a roly-poly person or thing.
3. roly-poly
Chiefly Brit. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked.
Etymology: (1595–1605; earlier rowle powle, rowly-powly worthless fellow, game involving rolling balls, rhyming compound based on roll (v.); for second element cf. poll)
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1. (noun) fatso, fatty, fat person, roly-poly, butterball
a rotund individual
2. (adj) roly-poly, roly-poly pudding
pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
3. (adj) dumpy, podgy, pudgy, tubby, roly-poly
short and plump
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. Roly-poly
rolly-poly
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