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Word of the Day

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lollop

Pronunciation: /ˈläləp
verb (lollops, lolloping, lolloped)
[no object]
move in an ungainly way in a series of clumsy paces or bounds: the bear lolloped along the path

Origin
mid 18th century: probably from loll, associated with trollop.

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To lollop in the market is something you should stop.
So mother in her wisdom said as we would shop.
Gambol, dance, cavort, okay. Just do not lollop she would say.
The vocabulary of my childhood, too rich in every way.


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