trough lolly
- noun
- Australian
:
polo
- The children excitedly licked their trough lolly on a hot summer day.
Examples
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They always sell out of trough lollies during the school holidays.
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I bought a trough lolly at the fair.
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He dropped his trough lolly before he could take a bite.
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The kids enjoyed their trough lollies at the park.
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On a hot day, the kids loved to enjoy their trough lolly while playing outside.
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At the carnival, I treated myself to a colorful trough lolly that was melting in the sun.
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My favorite dessert in summer is a refreshing trough lolly made with real fruit juice.
Synonyms
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1.4
A frozen sweet treat on a stick made from juice or water
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6.4
A sweet treat on a stick like a lollipop or an ice pop
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1.0
A cold sweet on a small stick made from ice cream or frozen juice that you lick
A sweet frozen treat on a small stick like a popsicle
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning is directly derivable from 'trough' (long, narrow/rectangular hollow or shape) plus 'lolly' (a frozen sugary treat), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a long/rectangular ice lolly. This is a straightforward compositional, shape-based naming pattern found cross-linguistically and follows normal English noun-noun compounding, so it should be immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Trough lolly probably comes from its shape: the ice block is long and flat like a feeding trough, and lolly is a simple word for a sweet or ice pop. That's why trough lolly means 'a large rectangular ice cream or popsicle'.