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roly-poly
01
short and fat
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most roly-poly
Comparative
more roly-poly
gradable
domain
appearance, body, description
Roly-poly
01
pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
singular
not gender specific
Plural form
roly-polies
02
a term used to describe a person, especially a child, who is short and chubby
Examples
The little roly-poly giggled as he tumbled around the yard.
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