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cough lolly en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Australia, New-Zealand, informal) Synonym of cough drop.
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.
2007, Liane Moriarty, The Last Anniversary, page 208:Senator OAKES.—I am not prepared to eat the honorable senator. He would be a very bad cough lolly.
1913, Commonwealth of Australia, Parliamentary Debates: Session 1913 (First Session of the Fifth Parliament), volume LXXI, page 2863:
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cough drop