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  • proper noun A female given name
  • proper noun A surname.

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Examples

  • My favourite SMT Jolly, is when they all go off to a very expensive country retreat together to have meetings over how to meet goverment targets.

    Met Wiot Police Are Too Wuff « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • “You know a boy by the name of Jolly Marks, Mr. Cooper?”

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • “You know a boy by the name of Jolly Marks, Mr. Cooper?”

    Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010

  • A former police officer with a closet full of miniskirts, a recklessly sharp tongue, and a tendency to deal with men by either beating them up or taking them to bed, she has spent years carving out a life for herself and her son in Jolly Mount, Pennsylvania, the tiny coal-mining town where she grew up.

    Sister Mine: Summary and book reviews of Sister Mine by Tawni O'Dell. 2007

  • Thats right, in Jolly Old you can go to jail for defending yourself agianst some scumbag.

    Think Progress » “Get it out.” 2006

  • Thats right, in Jolly Old you can go to jail for defending yourself agianst some scumbag.

    Think Progress » The task of winning hearts and minds 2006

  • Seriously, I chose the name Jolly because it was the name that came to mind as the narrative took that particular turn.

    Archive 2006-05-21 2006

  • Seriously, I chose the name Jolly because it was the name that came to mind as the narrative took that particular turn.

    A Jolly Birthday Q & A 2006

  • But Jolly is better than either of mine, even if it is Christmasy.

    December 26th, 2004 temvald 2004

  • She brought in foods and candies from different Spanish-speaking countries every week, though I never believed her when she called Jolly Ranchers ja-jas.

    Archive 2005-08-01 2005

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