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roly-poly

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Adjective, Noun
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ro=ly-po=ly

CIDE DICTIONARY

roly-polyn. & a. 
     Rolly-poly.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

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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