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poplolly en · NOUN

Etymology

Likely a fanciful variant of poplet, ultimately from French poupe (“doll”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A man's mistress, or a single woman of loose morals; a sweetheart.
   • "[the daughter] Was offered a provision by her brother," said the landlord indignantly, "on terms that would have disgraced a poplolly; but she preferred her independence with poverty, and none to blame her. 1913, Bernard Capes, “Tony's Drum”, in Bag and Baggage:
   • This house presided over by a poplolly! a magnificent woman, dressed to perfection, without a vestige of her former habits. 1825, Thomas Creevey, The Creevey Papers (private correspondence):

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poppet