- lob-lolly
- an odd mixture of spoon-meat. Exin. On board of the ships of war, water-gruel is called loblolly, and the surgeon's servant or mate, the loblolly boy.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England. Francis Grose. 1790.
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loblolly — /ˈlɒbˌlɒli/ (say lob.lolee) noun (plural loblollies) 1. Nautical a thick gruel. 2. Also, loblolly pine. a. a pine, Pinus taeda, of the southern US. b. the wood of this tree. {probably from dialect lob sup noisily + lolly gruel} …
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