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Lolly

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Lolly

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Laura or Louise.
    • 1982, Dorothea Straus, Under the Canopy[1], page 50:
      Louise Bergeret (Lolly) was a year older than Enid; [] .
    • 1991, Gene Stratton-Porter, The Keeper of the Bees[2], page 481:
      He could see it all, with that certificate before him reading “Alice Louise Cameron” — Lolly.
    • 2010, Harry Hughes, Horseshoes, unnumbered page:
      Lolly, huh? Short for Louise no doubt.”