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Definition of Dallop
1. n. A tuft or clump.
Definition of Dallop
1. Noun. (obsolete) A tuft or clump. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dallop
1. a lump [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dallop
| daliance daliaunce dalis dalk dalks dalle dalles dalliances dallied dallier | dalliers dallies dallop (current term) dallops dallying dalmahoy dalmahoys dalmania dalmatian dalmatians | dalmatic dalmatics dalo dals dalt dalton |
Literary usage of Dallop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"To dallop, to paw, toss or tumble about carelessly ... dallop is in fact related
to dabble as •wallop to it'abble, or Hess, ..."
2. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
"dallop, s. A clumsy and shapeless lump of any thing tumbled about in the hands.
... To dallop, ea To paw, toss or tumble Both Grose and Forby have this word ..."
3. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"dallop, s. 1. A patch of ground among growing corn where the plough has missed.
T. 2. ... dallop, v. to paw, toss, and tumble about carelessly. DAME,*. ..."
4. A Glossary of the Provincialisms in Use in the County of Sussex by William Durrant Cooper (1853)
"S. Also used in other counties on the South and Eastern coasts, where facilities
for smuggling exist. dallop, s. A clumsy lump. ..."
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