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  • 21roly-poly — I. adjective Etymology: reduplication of roly, from 2roll Date: 1820 being short and pudgy ; rotund II. noun (plural lies) Date: 1836 1. a roly poly person or thing …

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  • 22Roly Meates — T.W.Roland Roly Meates, est un ancien entraîneur de l équipe nationale de rugby à XV d Irlande et président du comité de sélection de l Irish Rugby Football Union. Biographie Roly Meates étudie l odontologie à la Dublin University où il joue… …

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  • 23roly-poly — I UK [ˌrəʊlɪ ˈpəʊlɪ] / US [ˌroʊlɪ ˈpoʊlɪ] adjective informal someone who is roly poly is short and fat II UK [ˌrəʊlɪ ˈpəʊlɪ] / US [ˌrʊlɪ ˈpoʊlɪ] noun [uncountable] British roly poly or roly poly pudding a sweet food made by spreading jam or fruit …

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  • 24roly-poly — /ˌroʊli ˈpoʊli / (say .rohlee pohlee) adjective 1. plump and podgy, as a person, a young animal, etc. –noun (plural roly polies) 2. a roly poly person or thing: *she is praying for Jack, the beautiful boy, and Stephen, the laughing roly poly, her …

  • 25Roly Jenkins — Infobox Historic Cricketer nationality = English country = England country abbrev = ENG name = Roly Jenkins picture = Cricket no pic.png batting style = Right hand bat bowling style = Legbreak googly tests = 9 test runs = 198 test bat avg = 18.00 …

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  • 26Roly Meates — T.W.Roland Roly Meates is a former Ireland national rugby union team coach and chairman of the Irish Rugby Football Union board of selectors. Roly Meates studied dentistry at Dublin University, where he played as a forward with the Dublin… …

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  • 27Roly Falk — Wing Commander Roland Roly Falk (1915 1985) was a British test pilot noted for being at the controls on the maiden flight of the British V Bomber, the Avro Vulcan. During the test flight he barrel rolled the plane immediately after take… …

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  • 28roly-poly — /roh lee poh lee, poh lee/, adj., n., pl. roly polies. adj. 1. short and plumply round, as a person or a young animal. n. 2. a roly poly person or thing. 3. Chiefly Brit. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and …

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  • 29roly-poly — [[t]ro͟ʊli po͟ʊli[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Roly poly people are pleasantly fat and round. [INFORMAL] ...a short, roly poly man with laughing eyes …

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  • 30roly-poly — Rolly poly Roll y po ly, n. A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed. a. Shaped like a rolly poly; short and stout. [Written also {roly poly}.] [1913 Webster] …

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