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roly-polies
Variant of roly-poly
adjective
short and plump; pudgy
noun pl. roly-polies
- a roly-poly thing or person, esp. a child
- Chiefly Brit. a pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam, rolled up, and boiled, steamed, etc.
- Austral. a tumbleweed
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