Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
rolypoly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
rolly-pooly .
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- noun Alternative form of
rolly-pooly .
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Examples
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"If this be your play," quoth John, "that we may not be like a Quaker's dumb meeting, let us begin some diversion; what d'ye think of rouly-pouly or a country dance?
History of John Bull John Arbuthnot 1701
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