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lollipop (n.)
1784,
lolly-pops
"sweetmeats, soft candy," perhaps related to
loll
"to dangle" (the tongue) +
pop
"strike, slap." Or the first element may be northern dialectal
lolly
"the tongue." Meaning "hard candy on a stick" is from 1920s.
