cough lolly

English

Noun

cough lolly (plural cough lollies)

1. (New Zealand, Australia, informal) Synonym of cough drop.
   • 1913, Commonwealth of Australia, Parliamentary Debates: Session 1913 (First Session of the Fifth Parliament)‎^[1], volume LXXI, page 2863:

     Senator OAKES.—I am not prepared to eat the honorable senator. He would be a very bad cough lolly.

   • 2007, Liane Moriarty, The Last Anniversary, page 208:

     Veronika takes a gulp of her wine while still chewing on her cough lolly. Sophie winces. It is doubtful that the cough lolly is contributing much to the chardonnay’s buttery undertones.

Further reading

• “cough lolly”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.