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▪ I. jollop, n.1|ˈdʒɒləp|
Also jowlop, ? jellop: see jolloped.
[app. f. jowl2, joll, jole + *lop, lap n.1 2: cf. dewlap, which also occurs in the same or a cognate sense (1 b).
(It is tempting to conjecture that dewlap itself, of which the first element is unexplained, may have originated in some popular perversion of jowlap or jewlap; but at present this is not supported by evidence or analogy.)]
The wattle of a cock, turkey, or other fowl.
1705W. Bosman Guinea 262 His Bill is Yellow; from whence to the Head grows out on each side a red Jollop. 1866H. Clark Introd. Her., Jellop [see jolloped]. 1890Cent. Dict., Jewlap.
▪ II. jollop, n.2 slang.|ˈdʒɒləp|
[See jalap n.]
a. A purgative, a medicine.
b. Strong liquor, or a drink of this.
1920Contemp. Rev. Aug. 250 We may imagine them [sc. smugglers c 1820] stowing away their precious booty in caches, then a jollop of brandy all round. 1955D. Niland Shiralee 146 He nutted out some jollop for her cough. 1961C. Willock Death in Covert ii. 32 ‘Tell 'em up at the house to bring out the jollop.’ The keeper uttered this in a tone that made it quite clear that he considered serving refreshment something completely outside his duties. 1966‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 57 If yer don't wallop yer jollop yer'll get ther beezers in yer belly.
▪ III. † ˈjollop, v. Obs. rare—1.
intr. To gobble as a turkey-cock.
1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 310/2 (Of the Voices of Birds) The Turky Cock Jollopeth.
¶ Hence, erron. jollop n. ‘the cry of a turkey’, in Halliwell; whence in Cent. Dict. and Funk as ‘Prov. Eng.’ Not in Eng. Dial. Dict.
▪ IV. jollop
obs. form of jalap. |