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▪ I. dollop, n.|ˈdɒləp|
Also 6–9 dallop.
[Origin obscure: cf. Norweg. dial. dolp lump (Ross).]
†1. Farming. A patch, tuft, or clump of grass, weeds, etc. in a field. Obs.
1573Tusser Husb. liv. (1878) 121 Let dallops about be mowne and had out. Ibid. lvii. 131 Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, Leave standing by dallops. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 316 Dallops, a term used in some places for Patches or Corners of Grass or Weeds among Corn. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Dallop, rank tufts of growing corn where heaps of manure have lain.
2. a. colloq. or vulgar. (See quots.)
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., A dollop is a large quantity of any thing; the whole dollop means the total quantity. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Dallop..a clumsy and shapeless lump of any thing tumbled about in the hands. 1853N. & Q. 1st Ser. VIII. 65/2 ‘What a dollop of fat you have given me!’ 1880Blackmore Mary Anerley xxxvi, I sent a great dollop of water into the face of the poor lieutenant.
b. An untidy woman, a slattern, trollop. dial.
a1825in Forby Voc. E. Anglia. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss.
▪ II. dollop, v. colloq. and dial.|ˈdɒləp|
Formerly also dallop.
[f. the n.]
trans. To serve, put or give out in large quantities; to cover (something) with a large quantity. Also fig. (See also quots. a 1825 and 1860.)
a1825R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) I. 88 Dallop, to paw, toss, and tumble about carelessly. 1860Hotten Slang Dict. 130 Dollop, to dole up, give up a share. 1960R. Daniel Death by Drowning i. 17 Clare dolloped a spoonful of trifle on her plate. 1961W. Buchan Helen all Alone 168 Close-grown shrubs, all dark and dolloped with snow. 1967Listener 28 Sept. 401/2 Is there either anthropological or literary virtue in mere transcription from tape, actuality dolloped out hot from a machine? |