lollipop n.2
1. (also lollypopper) a police officer [cop n.1 (1)].
![]() | Dict. of Rhy. Sl. | |
![]() | Yarns of Billy Borker 96: He demanded that Hungry take him to the police station. Well, Hungry obliged — without switching the meter off, of course. At the Bastille the lollipop said the fare must pay the price showing on the meter. | |
![]() | Outcasts of Foolgarah (1975) 35: They’ve sent for the lollipops. | |
![]() | Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 35: Lollypoppers Coppers (police). |
2. a shop.
![]() | Penny Showman 12: We must get a Lolly Pop, (shop). | |
![]() | Cheapjack 308: The finger had had a look at my lolly [...] and had decided it was not a bit like the joint his wife had described. [Ibid.] 319: Lolly – A shop. Lolly worker – A swindler who starts a shop and immediately sells the alleged goodwill. | |
![]() | Up the Frog. | |
![]() | Dict. of Cockney Rhy. Sl. | |
![]() | Layer Cake 23: Morty stuck a couple of bashers in the lolly pops. |
3. a monetary tip [drop n.1 (6a)].
![]() | Dict. of Rhy. Sl. | |
![]() | Gentleman of Leisure 8: Most men just give their women lollipops and that’s that. The men give my girls lollipops and I end up with the lollipops. |