Where did the lollipop get its name?

mochyn

after a horse called LOLLY POP http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov16/os2.asp Sep 18 03, 7:42 PM

sequoianoir

Possibly from LOLL To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue POP (as in Soda Pop - A nonalcoholic, flavored, sometimes carbonated beverage) from POPSICLE A combination of ICICLE and POP (ie frozen/ice of fruit drink etc) Sep 18 03, 7:47 PM

Gnomon

Lolly was an old east English dialect word for tongue. Pop means something sweet, as in soda pop or ice pop. Sep 19 03, 3:24 AM

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