Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - roly-poly
Roly-poly
roly-poly
n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 (also roly-poly pudding) a pudding made of a strip of suet pastry covered with jam etc., formed into a roll, and boiled or baked. 2 US a tumbler toy. 3 Austral. a bushy plant, esp. Salsola kali, that breaks off and is rolled by the wind. --adj. (usu. of a child) podgy, plump. Etymology: prob. formed on ROLL
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I. adjective Etymology: reduplication of roly, from 2roll Date: 1820 being short and pudgy ; rotund, II. noun (plural -lies) Date: 1836 a ~ person or thing, a sweet dough spread with a filling, rolled, and baked or steamed ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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